Regex: C# extract text within double quotes

Question

I want to extract only those words within double quotes. So, if the content is:

Would "you" like to have responses to your "questions" sent to you via email?

The answer must be

1. you
2. questions

Answer 1

Try this regex:

"[^"]*"

or

".*?"

explain :

[^ character_group ]

Negation: Matches any single character that is not in character_group.

*?

Matches the previous element zero or more times, but as few times as possible.

and a sample code:

foreach(Match match in Regex.Matches(inputString, ""([^"]*)""))
    Console.WriteLine(match.ToString());

//or in LINQ
var result = from Match match in Regex.Matches(line, ""([^"]*)"") 
             select match.ToString();