// 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)\*\*(.+?)\*\*(?!\*)").unwrap();
let string = "some normal and **bold with * gem*** but pure *italics* is
***foo**bar***
**bold***
**a** **b**
***a* *b***";
let substitution = "<b>$1</b>";
// result will be a String with the substituted value
let result = regex.replace_all(string, substitution);
println!("{}", result);
}
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/