// 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"(?:[A-Za-z(\)-]+(?:\.[A-Za-z\(\)-]+)+){2,}").unwrap();
let string = "I am given a task that will require regex to find a string out of a paragraph. I need to find a string that looks something.like.this but is not limited to looking.something.like.this.also. ... this..has...multiple....periods miss.piggy.has.really.big.chubby.fingers.and.cant.use.a.regular.rotary.dial.telephone etc etc etc one.two
";
// 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/