Replace specific elements in strings

I have a quaestion. Which command should I use in order to replace () with -.
for example I have strigs in an array like :
America (New York)
America (Manhattan)
Italy (Rome)
And I would like my output strings to be:
America - New York
America - Manhattan
Italy - Rome
Which command shouls I use? I tried strrep but no use.
Could you please help me?

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repStr = string("America (New York)").replace(" ("," - ").replace(")","")
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Here are two approaches:
A = ["America (New York)"; "America (Manhattan)"; "Italy (Rome)"]
A = 3×1 string array
"America (New York)" "America (Manhattan)" "Italy (Rome)"
B = strrep(strrep(A,' (',' - '),')','')
B = 3×1 string array
"America - New York" "America - Manhattan" "Italy - Rome"
B = regexprep(A,'^(.+?)\s*\((.+)\)$','$1 - $2')
B = 3×1 string array
"America - New York" "America - Manhattan" "Italy - Rome"

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