// 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)(?:^|(?<=^- ))[^*\n-]+?(?= ::)").unwrap();
let string = "question :: answer # should match 'question'
question ::answer # should match ' question'
**question** :: answer # should not match
*question* :: answer # should not match
- question :: answer # should only match 'question' and not '- question'";
// 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/