Grabbing values between quotation marks and replacing it enclosed inside some command

Question

I am sure this has been asked before, but I am not sure how to search for the exact case.

How do I use regex to search/replace for whatever is inside double quotes, such as:

"Sample text"

and replace it with:

\command{Sample text}

where "Sample text" can be anything.

Answer 1

Depends what tool/language you're using, but in general:

Search: "(.*?)"
Replace: \\command{$1}

This works by capturing (in group 1) the text inside quotes and using a back reference to that group in the replacement.

Your tool/language may use backslash instead of dollar to indicate the group number, ie try \\command{\1} instead if the above doesn't work.