Join multiple lines based on pattern

Question

I have text bounded by quotes as follows

"This is
an example
of some text"

I want to join these into one line. e.g.

"This is an example of some text"

I have tried commands like the following:

:g/^"\_[^"]\+"$/j

However, while this matches the text I'm looking for, it appears to only join on the first line.

I think this is due to :g only working with the first line of the match. Is there another way to do this?

Answer 1

I found something on the Vim wiki that combines ranges with searches.

This command did the trick for me:

:g/^"/,/"$/j

e.g.

:g         (global)
/^"/,/"$/  (a range between a line starting with " and a line ending with ")
j          (join the lines specified in the range)