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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)\<(\w+)(?:\s*|\>)?").unwrap(); let string = " <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"no-js\"> <head> <meta charset=\"utf-8\" /> <title>Radial</title> <meta name=\"description\" content=\"Η Radial σχεδιάζει και αναπτύσσει websites, οργανώνει online καμπάνιες και δημιουργεί εταιρικές ταυτότητες.\" /> <meta property=\"fb:page_id\" content=\"118981334805256\" /> <meta property=\"fb:app_id\" content=\"166019300145537\" /> <!--[if lt IE 9]><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js\"></script><![endif]--> <script type=\"text/javascript\">(function(H){H.className=H.className.replace(/\\bno-js\\b/,'js')})(document.documentElement);</script> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"http://static.radial.gr/styles/screen.css?43614\" /> <script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://use.typekit.com/ioa2dxy.js\"></script> <script type=\"text/javascript\">try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}</script? <link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" title=\"Τελευταία έργα\" href=\"/feed/\" /> </head> <body id=\"home\" class=\"\"> <header id=\"main-header\"><div class=\"wrapper\"> <div id=\"logo\"><a href=\"/\"><img src=\"http://static.radial.gr/images/radial-logo.png\" alt=\"Radial\" /></a></div> <nav id=\"main-nav\"> <ul> <li><a href=\"/projects/\">Έργα</a></li> <li><a href=\"/profile/\">Προφίλ</a></li> <li><a href=\"/contact/\">Επικοινωνία</a></li> </ul> </nav> <nav id=\"lang-nav\"> <span>EΛ</span> <a href=\"/en/\">EN</a> </nav> <br /> </div></header> <script type=\"text/javascript\"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-515952-44']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </body> </html> "; // 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/