parse quoted string into tokens in javascript

Question

I need to parse expression like 'a' 'b' 'cd ef' three tokens how can this be done in javascript?par

Can you expand upon your question a bit? What are you trying to parse, and what would you like to end up with? Four spaces at the beginning of a line makes a code indent. — Jed Smith
– Jed Smith, Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 5:30

just somebody · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-17 05:44:55Z

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var re = /'([^']*)'/g;
var input = "'foo' 'bar' 'omg wtf'";
var hit;
while (hit = re.exec(input)) {
    print(hit[1]);
}

answered Nov 17, 2009 at 5:44

just somebody

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Note however, that this simple snippet does not account for escaped quotes inside the tokens.