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

I would do something like this:

boolean foundQuote = false;

if(charAtIndex(currentStringIndex) == '"')
{
   foundQuote = true;
}

if(foundQuote == true)
{
   //do nothing
}

else 

{
  string[] split = currentString.split(',');  
}