RegEx: Finding semicolon between double quotes
I am just starting with regular expressions. I need to find all the cases in the text, where there is semicolon in the string between double quotes. So I am searching for the cases like
"something;something"
"something ; something"
"something; something"
"something ;something"
I found code to find strings between double quotes:
(["'])(?:(?=(\?))2.)*?1
Can you help me modify it so I will find cases like I mentioned above?
regex
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
JanFi86
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I am just starting with regular expressions. I need to find all the cases in the text, where there is semicolon in the string between double quotes. So I am searching for the cases like
"something;something"
"something ; something"
"something; something"
"something ;something"
I found code to find strings between double quotes:
(["'])(?:(?=(\?))2.)*?1
Can you help me modify it so I will find cases like I mentioned above?
regex
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
JanFi86
24111
add a comment |
I am just starting with regular expressions. I need to find all the cases in the text, where there is semicolon in the string between double quotes. So I am searching for the cases like
"something;something"
"something ; something"
"something; something"
"something ;something"
I found code to find strings between double quotes:
(["'])(?:(?=(\?))2.)*?1
Can you help me modify it so I will find cases like I mentioned above?
regex
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
JanFi86
24111
I am just starting with regular expressions. I need to find all the cases in the text, where there is semicolon in the string between double quotes. So I am searching for the cases like
"something;something"
"something ; something"
"something; something"
"something ;something"
I found code to find strings between double quotes:
(["'])(?:(?=(\?))2.)*?1
Can you help me modify it so I will find cases like I mentioned above?
regex
regex
asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
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asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
JanFi86
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asked Nov 12 '18 at 14:43
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You could use a negated character class where you can add what you don't want to match. If there can be only 1 semicolon in the string, then you can also add that to the character class, else you could use [^"rn]* where there can be multiple occurrences of ;
"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
That would match
"Match literally
(Capturing group
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
;Match literally
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
)Close capturing group
"Match literally
Your value is in the first capturing group.
Regex demo
If you don't want to match just a semicolon between double quotes you could prepend a negative lookahead:
(?!";")"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
add a comment |
<?php
$input = <<<INPUT
a
"something;something"
b
"something ; something"
c
"something; something"
d
"something ;something"
e
INPUT;
preg_match_all("/"([^"]+;[^"]+)"/im", $input, $m);
print_r($m);
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => "something;something"
[1] => "something ; something"
[2] => "something; something"
[3] => "something ;something"
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => something;something
[1] => something ; something
[2] => something; something
[3] => something ;something
)
)
*/
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
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You could use a negated character class where you can add what you don't want to match. If there can be only 1 semicolon in the string, then you can also add that to the character class, else you could use [^"rn]* where there can be multiple occurrences of ;
"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
That would match
"Match literally
(Capturing group
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
;Match literally
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
)Close capturing group
"Match literally
Your value is in the first capturing group.
Regex demo
If you don't want to match just a semicolon between double quotes you could prepend a negative lookahead:
(?!";")"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
add a comment |
You could use a negated character class where you can add what you don't want to match. If there can be only 1 semicolon in the string, then you can also add that to the character class, else you could use [^"rn]* where there can be multiple occurrences of ;
"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
That would match
"Match literally
(Capturing group
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
;Match literally
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
)Close capturing group
"Match literally
Your value is in the first capturing group.
Regex demo
If you don't want to match just a semicolon between double quotes you could prepend a negative lookahead:
(?!";")"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
add a comment |
You could use a negated character class where you can add what you don't want to match. If there can be only 1 semicolon in the string, then you can also add that to the character class, else you could use [^"rn]* where there can be multiple occurrences of ;
"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
That would match
"Match literally
(Capturing group
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
;Match literally
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
)Close capturing group
"Match literally
Your value is in the first capturing group.
Regex demo
If you don't want to match just a semicolon between double quotes you could prepend a negative lookahead:
(?!";")"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
You could use a negated character class where you can add what you don't want to match. If there can be only 1 semicolon in the string, then you can also add that to the character class, else you could use [^"rn]* where there can be multiple occurrences of ;
"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
That would match
"Match literally
(Capturing group
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
;Match literally
[^"rn;]*Match 0+ times not a", newline or semicolon
)Close capturing group
"Match literally
Your value is in the first capturing group.
Regex demo
If you don't want to match just a semicolon between double quotes you could prepend a negative lookahead:
(?!";")"([^"rn;]*;[^";rn]*)"
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
edited Nov 12 '18 at 15:09
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
The fourth bird
20.7k71326
20.7k71326
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
add a comment |
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
Thank you for your solution. Can you modify it so it ommits cases like ";" ? That means it ommits cases where there is just semicolon between double quotes, without any characters or spaces. Thank you in advance.
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:01
1
1
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
@JanFi86 Do you mean like this? regex101.com/r/EMqrjV/3
– The fourth bird
Nov 12 '18 at 15:03
1
1
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
Exactly! Thank you so much!
– JanFi86
Nov 12 '18 at 15:06
add a comment |
<?php
$input = <<<INPUT
a
"something;something"
b
"something ; something"
c
"something; something"
d
"something ;something"
e
INPUT;
preg_match_all("/"([^"]+;[^"]+)"/im", $input, $m);
print_r($m);
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => "something;something"
[1] => "something ; something"
[2] => "something; something"
[3] => "something ;something"
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => something;something
[1] => something ; something
[2] => something; something
[3] => something ;something
)
)
*/
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
add a comment |
<?php
$input = <<<INPUT
a
"something;something"
b
"something ; something"
c
"something; something"
d
"something ;something"
e
INPUT;
preg_match_all("/"([^"]+;[^"]+)"/im", $input, $m);
print_r($m);
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => "something;something"
[1] => "something ; something"
[2] => "something; something"
[3] => "something ;something"
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => something;something
[1] => something ; something
[2] => something; something
[3] => something ;something
)
)
*/
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
add a comment |
<?php
$input = <<<INPUT
a
"something;something"
b
"something ; something"
c
"something; something"
d
"something ;something"
e
INPUT;
preg_match_all("/"([^"]+;[^"]+)"/im", $input, $m);
print_r($m);
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => "something;something"
[1] => "something ; something"
[2] => "something; something"
[3] => "something ;something"
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => something;something
[1] => something ; something
[2] => something; something
[3] => something ;something
)
)
*/
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
<?php
$input = <<<INPUT
a
"something;something"
b
"something ; something"
c
"something; something"
d
"something ;something"
e
INPUT;
preg_match_all("/"([^"]+;[^"]+)"/im", $input, $m);
print_r($m);
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => "something;something"
[1] => "something ; something"
[2] => "something; something"
[3] => "something ;something"
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => something;something
[1] => something ; something
[2] => something; something
[3] => something ;something
)
)
*/
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
1,88232340
answered Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
ZiTAL
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1,88232340
add a comment |
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