Splitting a string and ignoring the delimiter inside quotes

Question

I am using .NET\'s String.Split method to break up a string using commas, but I want to ignore strings enclosed in double quotes for the string. I have read that a

For

Answer 1

if using c#, you can use

        string searchQuery = "Fruit,10,\"Bananas, Oranges, Grapes\"";
        List list1 = Regex.Matches(searchQuery, @"(?\w+)|\""(?[\w\s,]*)""").Cast().Select(m => m.Groups["match"].Value).ToList();
        foreach(var v in list1)
        Console.WriteLine(v);

Output :

Fruit

10

Bananas, Oranges, Grapes