// 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#"(?sUm)(<a href="([^"]*)"\s*class="(?:[^"]* )?mfp_thumb.*(?: [^"]*)?"[^>]*>\s*([^\s].*?[^\s])\s*<\/a>)"#).unwrap();
let string = "blah blah <a href=\"test.html\">Outside of scope</a> blah blah
<a href=\"/about/team/management/tony-georgis\" class=\"mfp_thumb_pos_top\" itemprop=\"url\"><img src=\"/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpage/43_642_default.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Tony Georgis, P.E.\"></a>
blah blah <a class=\"test\" id=\"one\">Nothing</a> blah blah
";
let substitution = "{modal url=\"$2\"}$3";
// 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/