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  • All Tokens
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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#"(?mx)(?<!\\) # Check it was not escaped with a \ (?<img_all> \!\[(?<img_alt>.+?)\] # image alternative text, i.e. the text used when the image does not (?: (?: [ ]? # possibly followed by some spaces (?:\n[ ]*)? # and a new line with some space \[(?<img_id>.*?)\] # with the link id in brackets, but may be empty ) | (?: (?: \( [ \t]* <(?<img_url> # link url within <>; or .+? )> [ \t]* # possibly followed by some spaces or tabs (?: (?<img_title_container>['"]) # Title is surrounded ether by double or single quotes (?<img_title>.*?) # actual title, but could be empty as in "" \g{img_title_container} # make the sure enclosing mark balance )? [ \t]* \) ) | (?: \( [ \t]* (?<img_url> # link url within <>; or (?:((?!["']).)*+|.*) ) [ \t]* (?: (?<img_title_container>['"]) # Title is surrounded ether by double or single quotes (?<img_title>.*?) # actual title, but could be empty as in "" \g{img_title_container} # make the sure enclosing mark balance )? [ \t]* \) ) ) ) [ \t]* (?<!\\) \{ [[:blank:]\h]* (?<img_attr>.+?) [[:blank:]\h]* \} )"#).unwrap(); let string = "This is an ![inline image](/img \"title\"){.class #inline-img}. ![this is a stupid URL](http://example.com/(parens).jpg'Title here') {.class #inline-img} and some text after ![alt text](</url/>) {.class #inline-img} "; // 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/