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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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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)(?s)<table.*?<\/table>").unwrap(); let string = "<table style=\"width: 900px; height: 156px;\"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Resort Name:</strong></span></td> <td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">explora Valle Sagrado, Peru</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Country Name:</strong></span></td> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font- variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text- align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Peru</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Resort Address:</strong></span> </td> <td> <div class=\"is-hidden-mobile blEntry address ui_link \" data-popover=\"small\" data-position=\"below\" data-element=\".content\" data- options=\"closeOnMouseAway\" data-maxwidth=\"300\" data-mapfilters=\"\"> <span>Unnamed Rd Urquillos, Peru</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Website:</strong></span></td> <td> <p><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">https://www.explora.com/hotels-and- travesias/sacred-valley-peru/</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Phone:</strong></span></td> <td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">+56 2 2395 2580</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><iframe style=\"border:0\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/embed? pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d15528.573314149919!2d-72.0483157!3d- 13.341359!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x1a052e519e34e771! 2sExplora+Valle+Sagrado!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sjp!4v1531275200849\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"></iframe></p>"; // 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/