Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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#"(?s)<ul class=\"itens\"><li class=\".*?\">(.*?)<\/li><\/ul>"#).unwrap(); let string = "<div class=\"boxAssistir\"><h2 class=\"titulo\">Selecione o Player desejado para Assistir</h2><ul class=\"itens\"><li class=\"video1\"><div class=\"icon\"><div class=\"symbol\"></div></div>OpenLoad</li><li class=\"video2\"><div class=\"icon\"><div class=\"symbol\"></div></div>Ok</li><li class=\"video3\"><div class=\"icon\"><div class=\"symbol\"></div></div>Streamin</li><li class=\"video4\"><div class=\"icon\"><div class=\"symbol\"></div></div>Vidzi</li></ul><ul class=\"videos\"><li class=\"video1-code\"><iframe src=\"https://openload.co/embed/mGJOi4WB9uU/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"538\" height=\"408\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\"></iframe></li><li class=\"video2-code\"><iframe width=\"538\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"http://ok.ru/videoembed/83266570810\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe></li><li class=\"video3-code\"><iframe data-src=\"http://streamin.to/embed-d0i8to43pywp-538x408.html\" width=\"538\" height=\"408\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></li><li class=\"video4-code\"><iframe data-src=\"http://vidzi.tv/embed-n6ssttynwolm-538x408.html\" width=\"538\" height=\"408\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></li></ul></div>"; // result will be a tuple containing the start and end indices for the first match in the string let result = regex.captures(string); let (start, end) = match result { Some((s, e)) => (s, e), None => { // ... } }; println!("{}", &string[start, end]); }

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/