Character deleting

Hello everyone!
What I want to do is delete the spaces and quotation marks in a String.
let's say I have a String like this:
Here are a few spaces" text_test_blubb : "
and what I want to get is this, after removing the characters:
text_test_blubb :
To explain it a little further: I want to have every space before the 1st quotation mark deleted. However, the text within the marks needs to be the same as it is, meaning that if there are spaces there they are not allowed to be removed. And to come to an end I want to delete the quotation marks as well.
I thought of a for loop which runs through this String which I had turned into a characterArray. However, it doesn't quite work like I want to have it.
Can anyone please help? If you can post an example code it would be simply wonderful!
Greetings

lol
sorry... for not being able to express myself well enough and I suppose it is quite complicated to explain...but I'll try. xD
_________"_text.blubb.test_:_"
so what I want to delete is that: _
however everything in beteween the " - signs needs to remain as it is BUT the " need to be removed too.
so what I want to get in the end printed on the console is that:
text.blubb.test:_
I hope that's better to understand...xD

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group by b
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-- nothing to see here
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In case that helps you locate it at all.
Note: if I move the "group by" clause onto the where line then it runs correctly.
regards,
William
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