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I have a JS string which contain text between double quotes ("). I want to replace that text by another user-entered text by using RegEx but I do not know how to do that. For example:

Given string: 

The book "A Farewell to Arms" will be published again.

New text: Gone with the Wind --> the above sentence will be 

The book "Gone with the Wind" will be published again.

Could you please help me to solve this case? Sorry for this dummy question because I am new to JS RegEx.

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Do you have problems with creating the expression or applying it in JavaScript? The expression is not different that what you us in other languages. –  Felix Kling Aug 20 '12 at 15:56
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This should do it..Spare me for my typo mistakes.I am not a javascript dev

str.replace(/".*?"/,"\"Gone with the Wind\"");
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You could also use "[^"]*". –  Felix Kling Aug 20 '12 at 15:54
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