Tokenize string in java using regular expression

Question

I have input String in following format:

"xyz PQ (All) (foo \"(abc\" def) test \"elasticSearch\" (test \"pqr\" stu) "

I want to tokenize it such that the string should be split by space excluding double quotes and parentheses, so it should give below result

xyz
PQ
All
foo "(abc" def
test
"elasticSearch"
test "pqr" stu

Any help would be appreciated.

Zereges · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-12 16:19:59Z

1

(\([^)]+\))|([^ ]+)

Explanations and usage here.

answered Jun 12, 2015 at 16:19

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Vipul Paralikar · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-12 17:37:34Z

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following regex solves the purpose:

(\\([^)]+\\))|([^ \"]*\"[^\"]*\")|([^ ]+)

answered Jun 12, 2015 at 17:37

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