// 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"(?xsm) # free-spacing mode, multi-line
(?=.*?pig) # fail right away if pig isn't there
(?=
( # Group 1
(?: # skip one line that doesn't have pig
^ # beginning of line
(?:(?!pig)[^\r\n])* # zero or more chars not followed by pig
(?:\r?\n) # newline chars
)
(?:(?1)|[^:]+) # recurse Group 1 OR match all chars that are not a :
(:\d+) # match a sequence of digits
)? # End Group 1
) # End lookahead. Group 1, if set, now contains the number of lines skipped
.*?\Kpig # match pig
(?=.*?(?(2)\2):(\d+))").unwrap();
let string = "my cat pi g
dog pi g
my pig
my cow
my mouse
:1:2:3:4:5:6:7";
let substitution = "\\3";
// result will be a String with the substituted value
let result = regex.replace(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/