Regex query

[tcebob]

I'd like to find the next quoted item -- any pair of quotes enclosing anything or nothing. Except for another quote, of course. My effort is:

"[[:print:]^"]+"\|""

Which doesn't work.

so, a) how to do it? and b) can \| be repeated to make more than 2 alternates?

tcebob

[ben_josephs]

Find what: "[^"]*"

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[tcebob]

Elegant. I thought I tried it along the way, but guess not. But. . .
Here's what happens when there's a bug in the soup:

(("non" . 0)( "end" . 1)("mid"". 2)[/code]

Starting after "end" the next hit is the "" after mid. Why do you suppose it skips over "mid"?

Thanks,

tcebob

[Bob Hansen]

Works OK for me, I get three hits:
"non"
"end"
"mid"

But I need to move off the selection before searching for the next one or else I get six hits:
"non"
" . 0)( "
"end"
" . 1)("
"mid"
""