// 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)\B(\*+)(\s*\b)(\b\*+\b|[^*])*(\s*)(\*+)\B").unwrap();
let string = "*** Strong italic text ***, and even just *strong text *, when rendered in * Markdown*, doesn't like *spaces * around the boundaries of the stars.
* You can see it also within the li**n**es here. *
";
// result will be an iterator over tuples containing the start and end indices for each match in the string
let result = regex.captures_iter(string);
for mat in result {
println!("{:?}", mat);
}
}
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/