need explanation of this regular expression ,(?=(?:[^\""]\""[^\""]\"")(?![^\""]\""))

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Hi All...
I used one regular expression to read CSV file with comma and quotes, anyone could explain me this???

",(?=(?:[^\""]*\""[^\""]*\"")*(?![^\""]*\""))"

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Posted 28-Jun-11 3:02am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Jun-11 20:44pm

Invalid question. If a person needs to learn something, the questions are different. If looks like a test question.
--SA

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2011-06-28T03:19:00

Solution 1

WHy don't you download Expresso[^] and find out for yourself?

Posted 28-Jun-11 3:19am

Dave Kreskowiak

ambarishtv · Answer 2 · 2011-06-28T03:27:00

Solution 2

Try it yourself .i'll give some links for learning Regular expression

http://www.radsoftware.com.au/articles/regexlearnsyntax.aspx[^]
The 30 Minute Regex Tutorial[^]
http://oreilly.com/windows/archive/csharp-regular-expressions.html[^]

-Ambi-

Posted 28-Jun-11 3:27am

ambarishtv

need explanation of this regular expression ,(?=(?:[^\""]*\""[^\""]*\"")*(?![^\""]*\""))