Python Regex to find a string in double quotes within a string

I’m looking for a code in python using regex that can perform something like this

Input: Regex should return "String 1" or "String 2" or "String3"

Output: String 1,String2,String3

I tried r'"*"'

Answer

Here’s all you need to do:

def doit(text):      
  import re
  matches = re.findall(r'"(.+?)"',text)
  # matches is now ['String 1', 'String 2', 'String3']
  return ",".join(matches)

doit('Regex should return "String 1" or "String 2" or "String3" ')

result:

'String 1,String 2,String3'

As pointed out by Li-aung Yip:

To elaborate, .+? is the “non-greedy” version of .+. It makes the regular expression match the smallest number of characters it can instead of the most characters it can. The greedy version, .+, will give String 1" or "String 2" or "String 3; the non-greedy version .+? gives String 1, String 2, String 3.

In addition, if you want to accept empty strings, change .+ to .*. Star * means zero or more while plus + means at least one.