using System; public class Test { public static void Main() { var str1 = "string(1)_2013-02-15"; var str2 = "anotherString(2)_2013-02-15"; var str3 = "ayetAnotherString(3)_2013-02-15"; int leftBrace = str1.IndexOf('('); int rightBrace = str1.IndexOf(')', leftBrace); str1 = str1.Remove(leftBrace, rightBrace - leftBrace + 1); leftBrace = str2.IndexOf('('); rightBrace = str2.IndexOf(')', leftBrace); str2 = str2.Remove(leftBrace, rightBrace - leftBrace + 1); leftBrace = str3.IndexOf('('); rightBrace = str3.IndexOf(')', leftBrace); str3 = str3.Remove(leftBrace, rightBrace - leftBrace + 1); Console.WriteLine(str1); Console.WriteLine(str2); Console.WriteLine(str3); } }