Regular Expressions 101

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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)username": "(?<username>[^"\\]*(?:\\"[^"]*)*)""#).unwrap(); let string = "...\"members\": [{\"id\": \"0\", \"username\": \"User 1\", \"discriminator\": \"0000\", \"avatar\": null, \"status\": \"online\", \"deaf\": false, \"mute\": false, \"self_deaf\": false, \"self_mute\": false, \"suppress\": false, \"channel_id\": \"0123456789\", \"avatar_url\": \"https://...\"}, {\"id\": \"1\", \"username\": \"User 2\", \"discriminator\": \"0000\", \"avatar\": null, \"status\": \"online\", \"game\": {\"name\": \"pls help\"}, \"avatar_url\": \"https://...\"}, {\"id\": \"2\", \"username\": \"Bot 1\", \"discriminator\": \"0000\", \"avatar\": null, \"status\": \"online\", \"game\": {\"name\": \"music | ;;help\"}, \"deaf\": false, \"mute\": false, \"self_deaf\": false, \"self_mute\": false, \"suppress\": false, \"channel_id\": \"1234567890\", \"avatar_url\": \"https://...\"}, {\"id\": \"3\", \"username\": \"Use\\\"r 3\", \"discriminator\": \"0000\", \"avatar\": null, \"status\": \"online\", \"deaf\": false, \"mute\": false, \"self_deaf\": false, \"self_mute\": false, \"suppress\": false, \"channel_id\": \"2345678901\", \"avatar_url\": \"https://...\"}], \"presence_count\": 4}"; // 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/