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  1. subject = 'a b c a b " a b " b a " a "'
  2. regex = /("[^"]*")|a/
  3. replaced = subject.gsub(regex) {|m|$1}
  4. puts replaced
  5.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 7452KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
 b c  b " a b " b  " a "
https://ideone.com/o8vjA9
language:
Ruby (ruby 2.5.5)
created:
10 years ago
visibility:
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