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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
  • 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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gim

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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"(?im)(\<\!\-{2})([a-z\ ]*)(\-{2}\>)").unwrap(); let string = "<header class=\"noSelect\"> <div id=\"HIAccueil\" class=\"I-B\"> <img class=\"pointer\" src=\"IMG/BACKGROUND/HEADER/logoban.png\" alt=\"Accueil\" onclick=\"clickMenu(tousLesMenus, 2, tousLesMenus[0].nom, 1, 0, 0, 0, tousLesMenus[1].url);\"> </div> <div id=\"HIPC\"> <div id=\"HIProfile\" class=\"I-B\"> <!-- vide pour img via js --> </div> <div id=\"HIConnect\" class=\"I-B\"> <img class=\"pointer\" src=\"IMG/BACKGROUND/HEADER/connect_hover.gif\" alt=\"Connect\" onclick=\"clickMenu(tousLesMenus, 5, tousLesMenus[0].nom, 4, 1, 1, 0, tousLesMenus[4].url);\"> </div> </div> </header> Tralloc_Nivek-02.baza_R-d421@gmail45.com Tralloc_Nivek-02@gmail45.com Tralloc_Nivek-02.baza_R-d421gmail45.c 010/226679 010226679 010/22.66.79 010/22 66 79 0470040747 0470/040747 0470/040.747 0470/04.07.47 0470/04 07 47 0470/040 747 +0032470040747 0032470/040 747 +00320470040747"; // 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/