RegEx to remove single quote, parentheses or square bracket from both beginning and end of a string [closed]

You don’t need regular expressions for this. string.Trim is the best implementation of the “number of ‘,() or [] can be any and all should be removed” requirement and test #5. var cleaned = dirty.Trim(“‘()[]”.ToCharArray()); With some tests: const string expected = “My name”; Func<string, string> clean = given => given.Trim(“‘()[]”.ToCharArray()); Assert.AreEqual(expected, clean(“‘My name'”)); Assert.AreEqual(expected, … Read more