Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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"(?i)<DIV align=center><DIV class=title>([\s\S]+?)\s*<\/DIV>").unwrap(); let string = "<script type=\"text/javascript\"> title=\"Территория питомника обезьян в Адлере\" hspace='0' vspace=3 border=0 ></A></TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top height=0></TD></TR> </TABLE></TD></TR> Фото- и видеосъёмка на территории бесплатная. </TD></TR> <TR><TD><DIV align=center><DIV class=title>Адлерский (Сочинский) Обезьяний Питомник<br> г. Сочи, Адлерский район, с. Веселое-1<br> +7 (8622) 42-28-84, +7 (8622) 42-28-62 </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> </TABLE> </div> <TR><TD><A href=\"http://i.azur.ru/aimg/73/4373_bb06d.jpg\" target=_new rel=clearbox[gallery=,,type=image] alt=\"\" title=\"\"><IMG src=\"http://i.azur.ru/aimg/73/4373_bb06d_th.jpg\" width='219' height='146' alt=\"\" title=\"\" hspace='0' vspace=3 border=0 ></A><A href=\"http://i.azur.ru/aimg/73/4373_a92a1.jpg\" target=_new rel=clearbox[gallery=,,type=image] alt=\"\" title=\"\"><IMG src=\"http://i.azur.ru/aimg/73/4373_a92a1_th.jpg\" width='219' height='146' alt=\"\" title=\"\" hspace='10' vspace=3 border=0 ></A><A href=\"http://i.azur.ru/aimg/73/4373_da60b.jpg\" target=_new rel=clearbox[gallery=,,type=image] alt=\"\" title=\"\"><IMG src=\"http://i.azur"; // 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/