// 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)(?=^.{1,50}$)^[a-zA-Z]+([ \-'][a-zA-Z]+)*?$").unwrap();
let string = "5
-- should fail
foster
-- should match
foster steve
-- should match
foster-morrison
-- should match
hello
-- should match
*RKER(($(#$)#$#L$KLK#$*
-- should fail
dfkfsdkfskdfjksjfksfksjfskjfksjfskfksjfksfksfskfd
-- should match
jkddkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkskdldkfdlkfdfkdfkdlkdkdkdffddfdfdfdgggfgfgfggggggg
-- should FAIL, too long
jkddkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkskdldkfdlkfdfkdfkdlkdkdkd-ffddfdfdfdgggfgfgfgggggggd
-- should FAIL, too long
dkfkerksf------aaa-----
-- should fail
test---me
-- should fail
test'''me
-- fails
foster-mo
-- should match
f-morrison
-- should match
griffith-joiner
-- should match
test-
-- should fail
-dkd
-- should fail
d'andre
-- should match
d'andre-jordan
-- should match
jordan-d'andre-joe-b'bob
-- should match
\\b[a-zA-Z]+?\\b :: matches a last name
\\b[a-zA-Z]+? [a-zA-Z]+?\\b :: matches a space'd last name
\\b[a-zA-Z]+?\\-[a-zA-Z]+?\\b :: matches a hyphenated last name
\\b[a-zA-Z]+?'[a-zA-Z]+?\\b :: matches an apostrophie'd last name";
// 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/