How can I match double-quoted strings with escaped double-quote characters?

Question

I need a Perl regular expression to match a string. I\'m assuming only double-quoted strings, that a \\\" is a literal quote character and NOT the end of the string, and tha

Answer 1

RegExp::Common is another useful tool to be aware of. It contains regexps for many common cases, included quoted strings:

use Regexp::Common;

my $str = '" this is a \" quoted string"';
if ($str =~ $RE{quoted}) {
  # do something
}