// 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"(?<!\d(?=.\d))\.").unwrap();
let string = ".a.b.1.2.
.a.b.1..2.
.a.b.1..2...1.1
.1.a..1..1.....1.1......1
-a-b-1.2-";
let substitution = "-";
// 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/