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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

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// 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)<!-- message -->([\s\S]*)<!-- \/ message -->").unwrap(); let string = "<!-- message --> <div><b><font size=\"6\"><font color=\"Red\">Bilim ve Teknik dergisi Mayıs 2019 Sayısı Pdf</font></font></b><br /> <br /> <img src=\"https://scontent-dus1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/59069640_871111339894885_8805863518755618816_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.xx&amp;oh=2a71d0bc34cda6b45404c30624c75046&amp;oe=5D6C1B30\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br /> <br /> <b><font size=\"5\"><a href=\"https://yadi.sk/i/oMnXUgBtTqKopg?fbclid=IwAR3KPXInlWCKFXuTKP1AU1VQGdsgvcDLdV9Px6YGOn3aU1tqAFz4Zo2J6PY\" target=\"_blank\">https://yadi.sk/i/oMnXUgBtTqKopg?fbc...1tqAFz4Zo2J6PY</a></font></b></div> <!-- / message -->"; // 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/