Split String at Space ,Except if it is not in double qoutes


Split String at Space ,Except if it is not in double qoutes

 public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String str= "abc \"peter micheal\" Jean \"Patrick David\" Richards";

        String[] tempArr = str.split("[ ]+(?=([^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"]*$)");

       for(String string : tempArr) {

         System.out.println(string);

      }

  }

}

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Output: 

abc
"peter micheal"
Jean
"Patrick David"
Richards