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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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"(?m)(?:^|\n)#EXTINF:(?:-?\d+(\.\d+)?),(.*?)[\r\n]+(.*)").unwrap(); let string = " #EXTM3U #EXTINF:O,Telegool TV Bein Sport 1 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/priv/b1111/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Bein Sport 2 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/bein2222/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Bein Sport 3 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/bein3333/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Bein Sport 4 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/bein4444/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Beinmax 1 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/beinmax1111/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Beinmax 2 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/beinmax2222/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Tivibu Sport 1 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/tivibu11/playlist.m3u8 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/tivibu22/playlist.m3u8 #EXTINF:0,Telegool TV Tivibu Sport 3 http://stream99.astalavistababy.xyz/selcuksportsfutbol/tivibu33/playlist.m3u8 #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1,-------------- | SPOR NOX | -------------- http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/268.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 Hd http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/7.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,beIN Sport 1 Hd [ 720p ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/16271.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,BeIN Sports 1 Sd [ 60 Fps ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/16273.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,beIN Sport 1 Hd [ dt ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/20279.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 Hd 1080 Hevc http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/8.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,BeIN Sports 1 Hd 1080i 265.hevc http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/16272.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 Hevc [ 1920 x 1080 ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/16274.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 Hd 1080i http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/11.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,BeIN Sports 1 Hd 265.hevc [ 60 Fps ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/14.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport Sd 1 Mobile http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/15.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 Hd [ yedek ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/16.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 [ 360P ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/24.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 [ 480P ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/23.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 [ 576P ] http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/22.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 4k http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/9.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 1 4k 1080 Hevc http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/10.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 2 Sd http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/17.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 2 Mobile http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/18.m3u8 #EXTINF:-1,Bein Sport 2 Hd http://nox101.com:8080/live/orkun2020/orkun2021/19.m3u8"; // 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/