Java: splitting a comma-separated string but ignoring commas in quotes

Question

I have a string vaguely like this:

foo,bar,c;qual=\"baz,blurb\",d;junk=\"quux,syzygy\"

that I want to split by commas -- but I need to igno

Answer 1

Try a lookaround like (?!\"),(?!\"). This should match , that are not surrounded by ".