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SandBox
SandBox

Reputation: 165

Regex to find words and wrap quotes

I am trying to find words with spaces that are surrounded by (, ) or , and wrap them in quotes..

For e.g. In this expression - Development life cycle and enterprise service bus are to be wrapped in quotes.

Edit - Only phrases i.e. Words that contain spaces between them are to be wrapped

(AND(OR(SDLC,development life cycle),design,requirements,OR(biztalk,Websphere,TIBCO,Webmethods,ESB,enterprise service bus)))

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2949

Answers (1)

vks
vks

Reputation: 67968

(?<=[(,])([^(),]* [^(),]*)(?=[),])

Try this. See DEMO.

Replace by "$1" or "\1"

string strRegex = @"(?<=[(,])([^(),]* [^(),]*)(?=[),])";
Regex myRegex = new Regex(strRegex, RegexOptions.Multiline);
string strTargetString = @"(AND(OR(SDLC,development life          cycle),design,requirements,OR(biztalk,Websphere,TIBCO,Webmethods,ESB,enterprise service bus)))" + "\n" + @" AND(OR(SDLC,""development life cycle""),OR(banking,AML,anti-money laundering,KYC,know your customer),OR(technology strategy,technical strategy,technical architecture,technology architecture,architect*)";
string strReplace = @"""$1""";

return myRegex.Replace(strTargetString, strReplace);

Upvotes: 2

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