Dart how to match and then replace a regexp

You have to use String.replaceAllMapped.

final string = '{name : aName, hobby : [fishing, playing_guitar]}';
final newString = string.replaceAllMapped(RegExp(r'\b\w+\b'), (match) {
  return '"${match.group(0)}"';
});
print(newString);

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