python string manipulation

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python string manipulation

Hi,

I have a string s = AX(p>q)&E(qUr)

I want to remove all characters between brackets and store in a new string like this:

new_string = AX&E

i tried doing this:

p = re.compile('\(\(*?.*?\)\)', re.DOTALL)

new_string = p.sub('', s)

but its still showing the same string. Is there any problem with the syntaX?

Jay

EDIT

Hello,

It doesn't seem to work for strings containing nested brackets, like this one: AX(p>q)&E((-p)Ur)

Is there an easier way to do so, rather than iterating each element in the string? Thanks