remove text inside brackets including brackets

[SASPhile]

raw data

abc(123)
(123)abc(pqr)

How to remove text inside brackets including brackets so the final data is below:
final data
abc
abc

[art297 · Accepted solution]

The following should work:

data raw;
  informat text $80.;
  input text &;
  cards;
abc(123)
(123)abc(pqr)
;

data want;
  set raw;
  want = prxchange('s/\(([^\)]+)\)//i', -1, text);
run;

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