Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

Regular Expression

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Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

// 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"(?is)^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\?(?:php)?\s*\$yourmail\s*=.{0,40}?put your e-mail here.{0,190}?scam[\s\w]+by\s*walid\s*nabil.{0,70}?facebook\.com\/oreo0o.{0,50}?walid_nabil(?:[^>]+>\s*)?$").unwrap(); let string = "<?php $yourmail = 'Tuto42@yahoo.com'; // PUT YOUR E-MAIL HERE //To Open This Page : domain.com/?wal=mart /* $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ THIS SCAM WAS CREATED BY Walid Nabil (OREOO) $ $ FB:https://www.facebook.com/OReo0o $ $ ICQ:https://icq.im/Walid_Nabil $ $ 2020 $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. .----------------. | .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. | | | ____ | || | _______ | || | _________ | || | ____ | || | ____ | || | ____ | | | | .' `. | || | |_ __ \\ | || | |_ ___ | | || | .' `. | || | .' `. | || | .' `. | | | | / .--. \\ | || | | |__) | | || | | |_ \\_| | || | / .--. \\ | || | / .--. \\ | || | / .--. \\ | | | | | | | | | || | | __ / | || | | _| _ | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | \\ `--' / | || | _| | \\ \\_ | || | _| |___/ | | || | \\ `--' / | || | \\ `--' / | || | \\ `--' / | | | | `.____.' | || | |____| |___| | || | |_________| | || | `.____.' | || | `.____.' | || | `.____.' | | | | | || | | || | | || | | || | | || | | | | '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' | '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' '----------------' */ ?> "; // 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/