How to inverse this regex /"[^"]*"/g

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i want to find everything except /"[^"]*"/g

i tried many sites but didnt get any answer yet

i tried this

str = 'xy"ab"bc"cd"de"gh"jk' ;

/(?!"[^"]*")[^"]*/g

/* i want this result >> xy,bc,de,jk */

What I have tried:

str = 'xy"ab"bc"cd"de"gh"jk' ;

/(?!"[^"]*")[^"]*/g

/* i want this result >> xy,bc,de,jk */

Posted 26-Aug-16 16:32pm

prasad sawant

Updated 26-Aug-16 17:19pm

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Patrice T · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-26T17:19:00

Solution 1

I would not try to inverse /"[^"]*"/g.
I would do a replace with this RegEx to comma, and then split on comma.

Posted 26-Aug-16 17:19pm

Patrice T

Updated 26-Aug-16 17:20pm

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prasad sawant 27-Aug-16 0:55am

(?!"[^"]*") this negative ahead only works as (?!") why ?