// 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"(?i)digraph Checker\s+{((?:[^{]*{[^}]*})*[^}]*)}").unwrap();
let string = "{ /*uninterested in this*/
\"
digraph Checker
{
/*bunch of stuff*/
{
/*bunch of stuff*/
}
{
/*bunch of stuff*/
}
{
/*bunch of stuff*/
}
/*bunch of stuff*/
} //first most curly brace ends, would want the regex to filter out till here, incl. the braces
\"
}";
// result will be a tuple containing the start and end indices for the first match in the string
let result = regex.captures(string);
let (start, end) = match result {
Some((s, e)) => (s, e),
None => {
// ...
}
};
println!("{}", &string[start, end]);
}
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/