Is there a way in Kotlin to match a string but not...

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[kartikpatodi]

Is there a way in Kotlin to match a string but not within the quotes

"

or comments ?
I need it as utility that searches for a text or pattern in kt files but not if it is inside string literal or comments.

[diesieben07]

You probably need a full-blown parser to do this properly.
Check out https://github.com/kotlinx/ast

[kartikpatodi]

Is there a way with regex?

[diesieben07]

Probably maybe? But its definitely the wrong tool for the job.

[Matteo Mirk]

always relevant: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/255931