deleting text from text frame

[DuanesSearchForKnowledge]

my question is does anyone now the best way or anyway to remove text from a text frame?

say if you want to remove anything in () in a text frame or any * symbols.

52(one on both sides) //you have this in a text frame

52 // and you want to change it to this by deleting (.)

or

40* //you have this in a text frame

40 // and you want to change it to this by deleting the *

any help would be great.

[pixxxelschubser]

Try this:

var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var aTFrame = aDoc.textFrames;
var aString = "50*";
for (i=aTFrame.length-1; i>0; i--) {
    contentString = aTFrame.contents;
    if (contentString.indexOf(aString) != -1) { //if 50* present in the text frame
        //aTFrame.selected = true;
        //alert (contentString);
        aTFrame.contents = contentString.replace (/50\*/g, '50');
        }
    }