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  • All Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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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)(?<=\s|^)(\w+)::\1\s*\((?:.|\n)*?\)*([^{]+)").unwrap(); let string = "TropicalFruitTOutput::TropicalFruitTOutput() : dad::CRunnable() , m_strawberry_in() , m_watermelon_out() #if MAX_FRUITS == (10) , m_cherry_out() , m_grape_out() #endif { } NationalFruitInput::NationalFruitInput() : dad::CRunnable() , m_banana_in() , m_apple_out() , m_dragronFruit(PAD_GetdragronFruitPAD_B()) { } SpecialFruits::SpecialFruits() : AmazingClassType() , m_pineapple_in() , m_kiwi() , m_avocado( // PRQA S 2961 # FALSEPOSITIVE QAC warning about uninitialized // Hello world // This is just a comment for // testing purpose m_apricotController.getApricotList()) { } using NewFruitsBase::NewFruitsBase; public: bool Check(const kolaInterface& kolaInterface) override { // Get feature setmode enabled/disabled information const bool aa = GET_HMI_INFO(kolaInterface).m_b; m_isActive = (aa == true); return m_isActive; };"; let substitution = "$1::$1()$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/