// 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)type=dog[\s\S]*?name=(\w+)[\s\S]*?(color=(\w+))?").unwrap();
let string = "type=dog
sex=male
name=wolf
color=brown
type=dog
sex=male
name=bob
type=cat
sex=male
name=tom
color=black
type=dog
sex=female
name=simona
color=white";
// 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/