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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)alt.+?(?= src)").unwrap(); let string = "<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"320\" data-original-height=\"2448\" data-original-width=\"3264\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWN9OlO4KRxREJkSozaN1rB0DlDTEnMnO5yh3zzeR-ipfXsoQC2KIjOA6_HzNBqqzhS6UxAaobig49GlOFaI7-P5jHmibtpmBJW6iuLrHcYtdC6Em6RWNzIOlfshFkpDgv_jE5VcHet5xxxYE9eZJ157b-bytHBq4pA78kPdoUeXn9o55eHa4OjPE_g/s320/1670258048910-01.jpeg\"/> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"320\" data-original-height=\"3472\" data-original-width=\"4624\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJSEhOjEIyY-T0IYWeyPqFxWL14L6rhbR733dI9wm0tvVSKXtRU0iC2FkNxKgprqUUtiLG6PFyGZ-pSWsPNuH99VQsn-O3zPeZvIGRUIY7Y-lIYiFeAhLAGhXVQZE-FGWQ8ep4wpzbCanwI-SlphDIKkB9gzgEXfLyw1uQ9iwDDAGOXLINasbRCxADA/s320/1670267239853-01.jpeg\"/>"; let substitution = "border=\"0\""; // result will be a String with the substituted value let result = regex.replace_all(string, substitution); println!("{}", result); }

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/