RegEx to Tokenize String

I'm trying to create a regex to tokenize a string. 开发者_开发技巧An example string would be.

John Mary, "Name=blah;Name=blahAgain" "Hand=1,2"

I'm trying to get back:

• John
• Mary
• Name=blah;Name=blahAgain
• Hand=1,2

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This was easy:

([^ ])+

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For that specific example, I would do:

([^\s]*)\s+([^,\s]*)\s*,\s*"([^"]*)"\s+"([^"]*)"

update: modified to split Mary and John

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Since you're using Java, why not use StringTokenizer? E.g.:

StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("String to tokenize", " ");
while (st.hasMoreTokens())
{
   // get next token
   String someVariable = st.nextToken();
}

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This works for your example:

(\w+) (\w+), \"([^"]+)" \"([^"]+)

Do all your string have exactly the same pattern?

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One possible way: split at , followed by a space or at one of space or quotation mark:

"John Mary, \"Name=blah;Name=blahAgain\" \"Hand=1,2\"".split(",\\s|[\\s\"]")