Regex : Split on comma , but exclude commas within parentheses and quotes(Both single & Double)

Question

I have one string

5,(5,5),C\'A,B\',\'A,B\',\',B\',\'A,\',\"A,B\",C\"A,B\" 

I want to split it on comma but need to exclude commas within pa

Answer 1

You can use this regex:

String input = "5,(5,5),C'A,B','A,B',',B','A,',\"A,B\",C\"A,B\"";
String[] toks = input.split( 
                ",(?=(([^']*'){2})*[^']*$)(?=(([^\"]*\"){2})*[^\"]*$)(?![^()]*\\))" );
for (String tok: toks)
    System.out.printf("<%s>%n", tok);

Output:

<5>
<(5,5)>

<'A,B'>
<',B'>
<'A,'>
<"A,B">

Explanation:

,                         # Match literal comma
(?=(([^']*'){2})*[^']*$)  # Lookahead to ensure comma is followed by even number of '
(?=(([^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)  # Lookahead to ensure comma is followed by even number of "
(?![^()]*\\))             # Negative lookahead to ensure ) is not followed by matching
                          # all non [()] characters in between