Java - Regex - Capture group between " " [duplicate]

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Do you know what is wrong here?

    Pattern pathsPatter = Pattern.compile("\"([^\"]+)\"");
    Matcher pathsMatcher = pathsPatter.matcher(commandAndParameters[1]);

I want to capture the group between " ". For example, if the string is

    mv "C:\Users\" "D:\"

the matcher should capture:

    C:\Users\
    D:\

it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/171480/… — Mr.Me
– Mr.Me, Commented Mar 17, 2013 at 11:16

Ankur Shanbhag · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-17 11:31:38Z

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Try out this pattern :

    String data = "mv \"C:\\Users\\\" \"D:\\\"";

    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\"(.+?)\"");
    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(data);
    System.out.println("Started");
    while (matcher.find()) {
        System.out.println(matcher.group(1));
    }

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 11:31

Ankur Shanbhag

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JB Nizet · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-17 11:21:16Z

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Works fine here:

Pattern pathsPattern = Pattern.compile("\"([^\"]+)\"");
Matcher pathsMatcher = pathsPattern.matcher("mv \"C:\\Users\\\" \"D:\\\"");
pathsMatcher.find();
System.out.println("found " + pathsMatcher.group(1)); // prints: found C:\Users\
pathsMatcher.find();
System.out.println("found " + pathsMatcher.group(1)); // prints: found D:\

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 11:21

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