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user2988879
user2988879

Reputation: 389

Split string between words and quotation marks

I currently have this string:

"display_name":"test","game":"test123"

and I want to split the string so I can get the value test. I have looked all over the internet and tried some things, but I couldn't get it to work. I found that splitting using quotation marks could be done using this regex: \"([^\"]*)\". So I tried this regex: display_name:\":\"([^\"]*)\"game\", but this returned null. I hope that someone could explain me why my regex didn't work and how it should be done.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 168

Answers (2)

user4227915
user4227915

Reputation:

I think you could do it easier, like this:

/(\w)+/g

This little regex will take all your strings.

Your java code should be something like:

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(\w)+");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(yourText);
while (matcher.find()) {
    System.out.println("Result: " + matcher.group(2));
}

I also want to note as @AbishekManoharan noted that it looks like JSON

Upvotes: 0

Avinash Raj
Avinash Raj

Reputation: 174706

You forget to include the ",comma before "game" and also you need to remove the extra colon after display_name

display_name\":\"([^\"]*)\",\"game\"

or

\"display_name\":\"([^\"]*)\",\"game\"

Now, print the group index 1.

DEMO

Matcher m = Pattern.compile("\"display_name\":\"([^\"]*)\",\"game\"").matcher(str);
while(m.find())
{
System.out.println(m.group(1))
}

Upvotes: 1

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