Regex split by spaces except inside quote marks

Here's a nifty little bit of code I just wrote while writing a console input handler. Sometimes you will want to split up a string by a space, but then how do you input more than one word as a single argument? You put it in quote marks, but then how do you split those separately? Like this:

MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(p, "[^\\s\"']+|\"[^\"]*\"|'[^']*'");

Yep, one line of code. Don't forget to include System.Text.RegularExpressions though!

Lets take it further for a little test (actually the test code I was using):

MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(p, "[^\\s\"']+|\"[^\"]*\"|'[^']*'");
WriteToConsole("Match Count: {0}", matches.Count);

foreach (Match match in matches) WriteToConsole(match.ToString());

Input:

The "quick brown fox" jumps over "the lazy dog"

Output:

Match Count: 5 The "quick brown fox" jumps over "the lazy dog"

So there you have it, probably the easiest way to do it.

Enjoy