Regex for splitting a string using space when not surrounded by single or double quotes

Question

I\'m new to regular expressions and would appreciate your help. I\'m trying to put together an expression that will split the example string using all spaces that are not s

Answer 1

You can also try this:

    String str = "This is a string that \"will be\" highlighted when your 'regular expression' matches something";
    String ss[] = str.split("\"|\'");
    for (int i = 0; i < ss.length; i++) {
        if ((i % 2) == 0) {//even
            String[] part1 = ss[i].split(" ");
            for (String pp1 : part1) {
                System.out.println("" + pp1);
            }
        } else {//odd
            System.out.println("" + ss[i]);
        }
    }