I'm stumped. How do I write a regex that will match a character except when it occurs at the beginning or end of a line. ie... change 
"string (12" or 1 foot or 1') into 6" MySQL varchar"
into...
"string (12"" or 1 foot or 1') into 6"" MySQL varchar"

The string already has the leading and trailing quotes and my best eff
+ort does..
""string (12"" or 1 foot or 1') into 6"" MySQL varchar""

I hacked my way around it with...
      if ((substr($t,0,1) eq '"') && (length($t) > 2)) {
          for ($ndx=1; $ndx < length($t)-1; $ndx++) {
              if (substr($t,$ndx,1) eq '"') {
                  substr($t,$ndx,1) = '""';
                  $ndx++;
              }
          }
      }
But there must be a better (^\D#) solution.

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In reply to Regex matching on anywhere but the beginning or end of a line by Anonymous Monk

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