Replace comma between quotes in CSV with Regex

Question

We have for example a string like this:

\"COURSE\",247,\"28/4/2016 12:53 Europe/Brussels\",1,\"Verschil tussen merk, product en leveranciersverantwoordelijke         


        

Answer 1

First of all, you should check Understanding CSV files and their handling in ABAP article.

For a one-time job, you can use this regex (but note that with longer strings, it may not work well, use it as a means of last resort):

,(?!(?:[^"]*"[^"]*")*[^"]*$)

See the regex demo

Pattern details:

• , - a comma that...
• (?! - is not followed with....
  • (?: -
    • [^"]* - zero or more chars other than "
    • " - a double quote
    • [^"]*" - see above
  • )* - zero or more sequences of the above grouped patterns
  • [^"]* - zero or more chars other than "
  • $ - end of string
• ) - end of negative lookahead