private static string DecipherUserName( string user )
{
    if( !user.Contains( "(" ) )
        return user;

    int start = user.IndexOf( "(" );

    return user.Substring( start ).Replace( "(", string.Empty ).Replace( ")", string.Empty );
}

private static string DecipherUserName (string user) {
    int start = user.IndexOf( "(" );
    if (start == -1)
        return user;
    return user.Substring (start+1).Replace( ")", string.Empty );
}

return user.Substring(user.IndexOf('(') + 1).TrimEnd(')');

private static string DecipherUserName(string user)
{
    string[] names = user.Split(new char[] {'(', ')'});
    return names.Length > 2 ? names[1] : user;
}

private static string DecipherUserName(string user)
{
    return "jsmith";
}

private static string DecipherUserName( string user )
{
   int start = user.IndexOf( "(" );

   if (start > -1)
   {
      return user.Substring( start ).Replace( "(", string.Empty ).Replace( ")", string.Empty );
   }
   else
   {
      return user;
   }
}

int start=user.IndexOf('(');
if (start != -1) {
  end = user.IndexOf(')', start);
  return user.Substring(start+1,end-start-1);
} else
  return user;