Parse string with whitespace and quotation mark (with quotation mark retained)

Question

If I have a string like this

create myclass \"56, \'for the better or worse\', 54.781\"

How can I parse it such that the resul

Answer 1

You can split by this

\s(?=(?:[^"]*"[^"]*")*[^"]*$)

See demo.

https://regex101.com/r/fM9lY3/60

string strRegex = @"\s(?=(?:[^""]*""[^""]*"")*[^""]*$)";
Regex myRegex = new Regex(strRegex, RegexOptions.Multiline);
string strTargetString = @"create myclass ""56, 'for the better or worse', 54.781""";

return myRegex.Split(strTargetString);