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Ruby: split string, respecting double quotes
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smart_split.rb
class String
def smart_split
sa = self.split(/"/).collect { |x| x.strip }
return (1..sa.length).zip(sa).collect { |i,x| (i&1).zero? ? x : x.split }.flatten
end
end
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