Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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)\"num_records\\":\s*(\d+)"#).unwrap(); let string = "\"{\\\"cursor\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"hits\\\":3,\\\"results\\\":[{\\\"id\\\":65673,\\\"num_records\\\":14631,\\\"assets\\\":{\\\"ip_addresses\\\":14631,\\\"password\\\":14631,\\\"target_url\\\":14631,\\\"keyboard_languages\\\":14631,\\\"user_sys_registered_owner\\\":14484,\\\"country\\\":14631,\\\"infected_machine_id\\\":14631,\\\"email\\\":7346,\\\"username\\\":7285,\\\"user_os\\\":14631,\\\"user_hostname\\\":14631,\\\"log_id\\\":14631,\\\"infected_time\\\":14631,\\\"country_code\\\":14581}},{\\\"id\\\":65675,\\\"num_records\\\":2602,\\\"assets\\\":{\\\"display_resolution\\\":2602,\\\"ip_addresses\\\":2534,\\\"user_browser\\\":2602,\\\"password\\\":2602,\\\"target_url\\\":2602,\\\"keyboard_languages\\\":2602,\\\"user_sys_registered_owner\\\":2601,\\\"country\\\":2597,\\\"infected_machine_id\\\":2602,\\\"email\\\":943,\\\"full_name\\\":25,\\\"av_softwares\\\":2348,\\\"username\\\":1659,\\\"infected_path\\\":2534,\\\"user_os\\\":2602,\\\"log_id\\\":2602,\\\"infected_time\\\":2602,\\\"country_code\\\":2597,\\\"timezone\\\":2602}},{\\\"id\\\":65677,\\\"num_records\\\":139,\\\"assets\\\":{\\\"display_resolution\\\":139,\\\"ip_addresses\\\":139,\\\"user_browser\\\":139,\\\"password\\\":139,\\\"target_url\\\":139,\\\"keyboard_languages\\\":139,\\\"user_sys_registered_owner\\\":139,\\\"country\\\":139,\\\"infected_machine_id\\\":139,\\\"email\\\":3,\\\"full_name\\\":7,\\\"av_softwares\\\":139,\\\"username\\\":136,\\\"infected_path\\\":139,\\\"user_os\\\":139,\\\"log_id\\\":139,\\\"infected_time\\\":139,\\\"country_code\\\":139,\\\"timezone\\\":139}}]}\" "; // 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/