regex to match strings

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I have a small, yet annoying problem with regex. The input string (C#) to parse is like the following:

( "Lorem ipsum dolor, sit amet" + "Maecenas fermentum commodo leo.", "aaa", 120 )

I want regex to match string between first " and before first comma that is after " so I want to find:

Lorem ipsum dolor, sit amet" + "Maecenas fermentum commodo leo.

So far I came up with:

\(\s*?\"(.*?)\".*?\)

but the result is:

Lorem ipsum dolor, sit amet

Any help will be appreciated!

Sam I am says Reinstate Monica · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-29 19:47:38Z

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Your regex doesn't even look like it's trying to match up to any comma.

Did you maybe intend to match a comma after that second quote?

\(\s*?\"(.*?)\",.*?\)

You should also be careful of inputs such as

( "Lorem ipsum dolor\", sit amet" + "Maecenas fermentum commodo leo.", "aaa", 120 )

as funky things like that are hard to deal with using only regex.

edited Mar 29, 2013 at 19:47

answered Mar 29, 2013 at 19:42

Sam I am says Reinstate Monica

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ZmorzynskiK Over a year ago

Thank you, but what if input string is: ( "Lorem ipsum dolor, sit amet" + "Maecenas fermentum commodo leo." ) And I'd love to see solution that handles input as you proposed.

John Dewey · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-29 22:11:34Z

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You can try making the separating comma optional:

\(\s*\"(.+?)(\",.*|\"\s*)\)

answered Mar 29, 2013 at 22:11

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