Split a String based on regex

Question

I have a string that needs to be split based on the occurrence of a \",\"(comma), but need to ignore any occurrence of it that comes within a pair of parentheses. For exampl

Answer 1

Try this

\w{3}(?=,)|(?<=,)\(\w{3},\w{3}\)(?=,)|(?<=,)\w{3}

Explanation: There are three parts separated by OR (|)

• \w{3}(?=,) - matches the 3 any alphanumeric character (including underscore) and does the positive look ahead for comma

• (?<=,)\(\w{3},\w{3}\)(?=,) - matches this pattern (ABC,E4R) and also does a positive lookahead and look behind for the comma

• (?<=,)\w{3} - matches the 3 any alphanumeric character (including underscore) and does the positive look behind for comma