正则表达式只匹配完整的单词，但如果用引号括起来则不会

Question

I'd like to match only the full word, but not if wrapped in quotes

for example: word

but not: "word"

The first can be matched with /\\bword\\b/

For the second this is the closest I've gotten, the problem is it prevents matches from "word word" and "word" , I only want it not to match if it is "word"

(?!")\bword\b(?!")

Answer 1

\b(\w+(?!")|(?<!")\w+)\b

See it in action

The idea is to match the word if it is not followed or preceded by " (using negative lookarounds ), not the two at the same time.

Answer 2

You can use this regex in PHP:

"\w+"(*SKIP)(*F)|\b\w+\b

This will fail every "word" using (*SKIP)(*F) directives and will match each word otherwise.

RegEx Demo

Answer 3

Try

/((\")*word$)|(^word(\")*)/g

https://regex101.com/r/aG5dA8/1