regex split with exceptions

Question

This is an extension to this SO question. This question considers two different enclosing characters, in contrast to the original question.

I would like to split by (white)spaces of any number but ignore everything between <> AND "". So this string:

string Line = "1  2  <1  2> \"hello world\"   3";

Should result in this:

1, 2, <1 2>, \"hello world\", 3

Answer 1

Instead of Split, I'll use Matches

string Line = "1  2  <1  2> \"hello world\"   3";
var parts = Regex.Matches(Line, @"[<\""]{1}[\w \d]+?[>\""]{1}|[\w\d]+")
                 .Cast<Match>()
                 .Select(m=>m.Value)
                 .ToArray();

PS: This would also match "abc def>. But I ignored it to make the regex shorter