Regexp for search engine

[grtfercho]

Normally I do good with RegExp, but this time I'm kinda stucked.

I'll use the pipe (|) as begin/end delimiter.
User enters a string like

|"google search" syntax verity|

boss wants that string to be transformed into

|"google search" AND syntax AND verity|

Basically create ONE ( and only one regexp) that finds any whitespace outside the double quotes and transform it into an " AND " (space_AND_space).
I say it has to be done in a couple of lines of code, boss says there's got to be a way to do it in one regexp without too much effort. I disagree.

If anybody out there could create this magical regexp please post it here...
THanks!!!

grtfercho çB^]\..
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" A. Einstein
-----------------------------------------------

http://www.llajta.com

 

[TruthInSatire]

why use 1 regex? does it matter as long as you get the same result? for that matter why not use a CF solution if you can't get the regex to work? Is your bosses nose where it doesn't belong?


We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[grtfercho]

I know!!!

I just want to know that it cannot be done in one regexp.
Is more of a challenge now...

Thanks.

grtfercho çB^]\..
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" A. Einstein
-----------------------------------------------

http://www.llajta.com

 

[TruthInSatire]

I imagine that it IS possible, regex is pretty cool stuff. I'm not the one to tell you how to do it but it seems like it's possible.

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.