Split a string that has white spaces, unless they are enclosed within “quotes”?

Question

To make things simple:

string streamR = sr.ReadLine();  // sr.Readline results in:
                                 //                         one \"two two\         


        

Answer 1

With support for double quotes.

String:

a "b b" "c ""c"" c"

Result:

a 
"b b"
"c ""c"" c"

Code:

var list=Regex.Matches(value, @"\""(\""\""|[^\""])+\""|[^ ]+", 
    RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
            .Cast<Match>()
            .Select(m => m.Value)
            .ToList();

Optional remove double quotes:

Select(m => m.StartsWith("\"") ? m.Substring(1, m.Length - 2).Replace("\"\"", "\"") : m)

Result

a 
b b
c "c" c