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  • Substitution
  • 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)(?s:("name" : "(.*?)".*?作者[:]*</span>[:]*.*?>(.*?)<.*?出版社.*?> (.*?)<.*?>出版年.*?([\d]{4}-[\d]).*?定价:</span> (.*?)<.*?ISBN:</span> (.*?)<.*?v:average"> ([\d].[\d]).*?v:votes">([\d]+?)<.*?"rating_per">(.*?)<.*?"rating_per">(.*?)<.*?"rating_per">(.*?)<.*?"rating_per">(.*?)<.*?"rating_per">(.*?)<))"#).unwrap(); let string = " <script type=\"application/ld+json\"> { \"@context\":\"http://schema.org\", \"@type\":\"Book\", \"workExample\": [], \"name\" : \"索拉里斯星\", <span class=\"pl\"> 作者</span>: <a class=\"\" href=\"/search/%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B0%BC%E6%96%AF%E7%93%A6%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E8%8E%B1%E5%A7%86\">[波] 斯坦尼斯瓦夫·莱姆</a> </span><br/> <span class=\"pl\">出版社:</span> 译林出版社<br/> <span class=\"pl\">原作名:</span> Solaris<br/> <span> <span class=\"pl\"> 译者</span>: <a class=\"\" href=\"/search/%E9%9D%96%E6%8C%AF%E5%BF%A0\">靖振忠</a> </span><br/> <span class=\"pl\">出版年:</span> 2021-8<br/> <span class=\"pl\">页数:</span> 254<br/> <span class=\"pl\">定价:</span> 49.00元<br/> <span class=\"pl\">装帧:</span> 平装<br/> <span class=\"pl\">丛书:</span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://book.douban.com/series/54333\">译林幻系列</a><br> <span class=\"pl\">ISBN:</span> 9787544782173<br/> </div> </div> <div id=\"interest_sectl\" class=\"\"> <div class=\"rating_wrap clearbox\" rel=\"v:rating\"> <div class=\"rating_logo\">豆瓣评分</div> <div class=\"rating_self clearfix\" typeof=\"v:Rating\"> <strong class=\"ll rating_num \" property=\"v:average\"> 8.7 </strong> <span property=\"v:best\" content=\"10.0\"></span> <div class=\"rating_right \"> <div class=\"ll bigstar45\"></div> <div class=\"rating_sum\"> <span class=\"\"> <a href=\"comments\" class=\"rating_people\"><span property=\"v:votes\">8085</span>人评价</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <span class=\"stars5 starstop\" title=\"力荐\"> 5星 </span> <div class=\"power\" style=\"width:64px\"></div> <span class=\"rating_per\">46.0%</span> <br> <span class=\"stars4 starstop\" title=\"推荐\"> 4星 </span> <div class=\"power\" style=\"width:54px\"></div> <span class=\"rating_per\">39.4%</span> <br> <span class=\"stars3 starstop\" title=\"还行\"> 3星 </span> <div class=\"power\" style=\"width:17px\"></div> <span class=\"rating_per\">12.5%</span> <br> <span class=\"stars2 starstop\" title=\"较差\"> 2星 </span> <div class=\"power\" style=\"width:2px\"></div> <span class=\"rating_per\">1.8%</span> <br> <span class=\"stars1 starstop\" title=\"很差\"> 1星 </span> <div class=\"power\" style=\"width:0px\"></div> <span class=\"rating_per\">0.3%</span> "; // 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/