how to remove id with braces from a string in javascript

Question

My option looks like this:

<option value="80">a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 (80)</option>

With this code:

str_split = str.split(',');

i receive this:

a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 (80)

But i want to remove the id with the braces to get this:

a1 a2 a3 a4 a5

The id can vary like "(8)" or "(20)" or "(100)" and so on..

I tried it with

str_replace = str.replace(/[()]/g, "");

but it gives me this result:

a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 80

How do I do that?

EDIT :

is it possible to do this with the last braces with id from string?

just tested it and got problems when my option looks like this

<option value="80">a1(12), a2(test), a3(333), a4(xx), a5(34) (80)</option>

i want this

a1(12) a2(test) a3(333) a4(xx) a5(34)

You can use `strstr` like in PHP but you will need this function. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7015181/jquery-or-javascript-strstr — Alireza, Jul 27 '13 at 19:30

Denys Séguret · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-27T19:52:20.540

6

You can use

var str_replace = str.replace(/\([^)]+\)$/,'')

How it works :

edited Jul 27 '13 at 19:52

answered Jul 27 '13 at 19:23

Denys Séguret

1

If you want to remove it only at end of the string, use `str.replace(/$[^)]+$$/,'')`. Is that your new question ? If you want to match only digits, use `str.replace(/$\d+$$/,'')`. – Denys Séguret Jul 27 '13 at 19:50

Petr R. · Answer 2 · 2013-07-27T19:31:55.790

1

You can use both .split() and .replace() to do this:

Using .split():

var str_split = str.split(' (');
var str_replace = str_split[0];

Using .replace():

var str_replace = str.replace(/ \([0-9]+\)/, "");

jsFiddle here

edited Jul 27 '13 at 19:31

answered Jul 27 '13 at 19:26

Petr R.