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  • All Tokens
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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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Generated Code

// include the latest version of the regex crate in your Cargo.toml extern crate regex; use regex::Regex; fn main() { let regex = Regex::new(r"(?m)((D|d)(L|l).(G|g)(E|e)(R|r)(|(M|m)(A|a)(N|n))|(G|g)(E|e)(R|r)(|(M|m)(A|a)(N|n))(|.)(|((R|r)(E|e)((U|u)(P|p)|(P|p)(A|a)(C|c)(K|k))|(U|n)(C|c)(U|u)(T|t)|(P|p)(R|r)(O|o)(P|p)(E|e)(R|r)|(S|s)(Y|y)(N|n)(C|c)(|(E|e)(D|d))|(|(D|d)(D|d))(|.)\d(|.)\d|(D|d)(U|u)(B|b)(|(B|b)(E|e)(D|d))|(A|a)(C|c)\d))(|.)(|((R|r)(E|e)((U|u)(P|p)|(P|p)(A|a)(C|c)(K|k))|(U|n)(C|c)(U|u)(T|t)|(P|p)(R|r)(O|o)(P|p)(E|e)(R|r)|(S|s)(Y|y)(N|n)(C|c)(|(E|e)(D|d))|(|(D|d)(D|d))(|.)\d(|.)\d|(D|d)(U|u)(B|b)(|(B|b)(E|e)(D|d))|(A|a)(C|c)\d))(|.)(|((R|r)(E|e)((U|u)(P|p)|(P|p)(A|a)(C|c)(K|k))|(U|n)(C|c)(U|u)(T|t)|(P|p)(R|r)(O|o)(P|p)(E|e)(R|r)|(S|s)(Y|y)(N|n)(C|c)(|(E|e)(D|d))|(|(D|d)(D|d))(|.)\d(|.)\d|(D|d)(U|u)(B|b)(|(B|b)(E|e)(D|d))|(A|a)(C|c)\d))(|.)(D|d)(L|l))").unwrap(); let string = "Ballers.S04E04.Voll.gelinkt.GERMAN.DUBBED.DL.1080p.WebHD.x264-TVP Der.Denver.Clan.2017.S02E01.German.DL.1080p.WEB.x264-BiGiNT Modern.Family.S08E17.Pig.Moon.Rising.GERMAN.DUBBED.DL.720p.WebHD.x264-TVP Hawaii.Five-0.S08E12.READNFO.German.DD51.Dubbed.DL.1080p.AmazonHD.x264-TVS Star.Wars.Resistance.S01E01E02.Der.Rekrut.German.DD20.DL.Dubbed.720p.WEB-DL.h264-GDR Baymax.Robowabohu.in.Serie.S01E16.DL.German.Dubbed.WEBRiP.x264-GDR The.Originals.S05E03.Verlass.mich.nicht.GERMAN.5.1.DUBBED.DL.AC3.1080p.WEB-DL.h264-TvR"; // result will be an iterator over tuples containing the start and end indices for each match in the string let result = regex.captures_iter(string); for mat in result { println!("{:?}", mat); } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Rust, please visit: https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/