// 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"\b(?<=[A-Z]{2} [–-] ).*?\b[Cc]hapter\b").unwrap();
let string = "Match unknown number of words that lies between two known patterns
I'm looking to make a regex for use in LibreOffice Writer's \"Find and Replace\" function. LibreOffice version 25.8.4.2.
The text I want to search looks like the following.
008 – San Terremoto CA | 010 - Eastern AK – Joe Jolson Chapter | 011 - Doughtown NY | 012 - Copperville AZ | 014 - Gatorville FL | 015 - Swamptown FL | 018 - District of Columbia (DC) | 019 - Central PA | 041 – Stoddard Mill MA - Cpl Mike G. Paulson Chapter |139 - North Pacific Bay WA |
1. Most of the records end with
a two-letter U.S. state abbreviation, a space, and a pipe.
2. A number of records end with
a two-letter U.S. state abbreviation, a space, a hyphen, a space, unknown number of words separated by spaces, final space, the word \"chapter\", space, pipe.
\"Chapter\" may or may not be capitalized.
In records which match the description in \"2.\" above, I want to match any text which follows the two-letter state abbreviation with a name and the word \"chapter\". Examples of that text is in boldface type above.
I tried a number of things, lastly this:
(?<=\\[A-Z\\]{2})\\\\s-\\\\s\\[\\\\w\\]+\\\\s\\[Chapter|chapter\\]
and
(?<=\\[A-Z\\]{2})\\\\s-\\\\s\\[a-zA-Z\\]+\\\\s\\[Chapter|chapter\\]
It has not yet worked.
I welcome suggestions. Thank you";
// 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/