I need a regular expression for quoted strings

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I recently downloaded some source files that seem to be exactly what I need for a project of mine. The only problem is that it is written for ANSI builds only, it has no UNICODE support.

I now want to change all string literals from "text text" to _T("text text") by wrapping them in the _T macro to make them unicode compliant.

What would be the regular expression that I could use in visual studio's 'Find and Replace' dialog that would change all the strings for me?

I know next to nothing about regular expressions so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Posted 30-Sep-11 9:42am

PJ Arends

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Ed Nutting 30-Sep-11 16:35pm

You may want to have a look at the following online RegExp tool - it uses Flash but I have found it fantastic for creating and testing RegExp as it lists all the syntax for RegExp and lets you build it up quickly and easily, also has some premade stuff and splits your expression to show you what it's matching (or any errors!) :) http://gskinner.com/RegExr/

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Solution 1

Regular Expressions (Visual Studio)[^] says you can use :q for find and replace.

Posted 30-Sep-11 9:51am

André Kraak

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PJ Arends 30-Sep-11 16:03pm

Seen that, tried that, could not get it to work for some reason.

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-30T09:54:00

Solution 2

Try this :

search for : \".*\"

replace with : _T(\0)

Posted 30-Sep-11 9:54am

Mehdi Gholam

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PJ Arends 30-Sep-11 16:02pm

Thanks a bunch, works perfectly :)

Mehdi Gholam 30-Sep-11 16:35pm

Cheers