VIM: Replace function call without the arguments

Question

how can i search and replace a function call, but without the arguments of the function?

For short, i will search and replace from foobar(arg1, arg2) to foobar: arg1, arg2;

My goal is to keep the arg1, arg2.

How can i solve this? Is there a best practice?

Answer 1

Use following command:

:%s/\v(\w+)\(([^()]*)\)/\1: \2;/g

NOTE This does not work if there nested function call.

See a demo.