如何在Microsoft Azure DevOps代码仓库中搜索带双引号的字符串？

Absolutely, you can search for strings wrapped in literal double quotes in Azure DevOps Repos—you just need to use the right syntax to avoid the search engine interpreting your quotes as part of its query logic. Here are two reliable methods:

Method 1: Escape Double Quotes in Standard Search Mode #

In Azure DevOps' default search mode, double quotes are used to specify an exact match for the unquoted text inside them. To search for the literal double quotes themselves, escape each one with a backslash (\):

\"searchvalue\"

When you enter this, the search parser will treat \" as a literal double quote, so it will find all instances where searchvalue is wrapped in " characters.

Method 2: Use Regular Expression Search Mode #

Azure DevOps supports regex-based code searches, which makes matching literal double quotes straightforward:

1. Click the .* icon next to the search box to switch to regex mode, or prefix your query with regex:.
2. Enter your target string directly, including the double quotes:

   "searchvalue"
   

Since double quotes are non-special characters in regex, this query will directly match any code line containing the exact sequence "searchvalue".

Why Your Previous Attempts Didn't Work #

Let's break down why your earlier tries gave unexpected results:

• "searchvalue": Azure DevOps uses double quotes as an exact-match operator for the text inside, not as literal characters. So this query returns matches for the unquoted searchvalue instead of the quoted version.
• 'searchvalue': Single quotes are treated as literal characters in standard search, so this looks for the exact string wrapped in single quotes, not double.
• '"searchvalue"': This combines both quote types, so it searches for the exact string that starts with a single quote, followed by double-quoted searchvalue, then another single quote—hence the mixed-quote results you saw.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Gus Mueller