Regex: match, but do not include in groups

Question

I have some objects like this:

"unit":{
          "id":"1",
          "title":"I am a title",
          "description":" description",
          "category":{
            "name":"Reading",
            "type":"READING",
            "icon":"fas fa-book"
}

I'd like to remove the double quotes from the keys. Is there a good way to do this in regex? I use: ".*": to match the key's, but am unsure of how to do the partial replace in VSCode. I tried this solution, but was unsuccessful.

Try `"([^"]+)":` and replace with `$1:` – Wiktor Stribiżew Oct 20 '22 at 17:49 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Oct 20 '22 at 17:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '22 at 17:57

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You can use

"([^"]+)":

Replace with $1:. Details:

" - a double quote
([^"]+) - Group 1 ($1 refers to the this group value): any one or more chars other than "
": - a ": string.

answered Oct 20 '22 at 17:57

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