regex find characters between “ ”

Question

How can I match all characters between 2 specified characters, say \" \" -> from sdfsf \" 12asdf \" sdf

I want to get 12asdf o

Answer 1

I suggest you use

(?<=")(?:\\.|[^"\\])*(?=")

This will match only what is between the quotes (not the quotes themselves) and also handle escaped quotes inside your string correctly.

So in "She said, \"Hi!\"", it will match She said, \"Hi!\".

If you're using JavaScript or Ruby (which you didn't mention) and therefore can't use lookbehind, use

"((?:\\.|[^"\\])*)"

and work with the capturing group no. 1.