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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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// 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"<a.*<\/a>").unwrap(); let string = "<dl> <dd>[1] <a href=\"/wiki/Geb%C3%A4ude\" title=\"Gebäude\">Gebäude</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/R%C3%A4umlichkeit\" title=\"Räumlichkeit\">Räumlichkeit</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Unterkunft\" title=\"Unterkunft\">Unterkunft</a> </dd> <dd>[2] die <a href=\"/wiki/Gemeinschaft\" title=\"Gemeinschaft\">Gemeinschaft</a> der <a href=\"/wiki/Mensch\" title=\"Mensch\">Menschen</a>, die unter einem Dach zusammen leben, wohnen oder arbeiten</dd> <dd>[3] der <a href=\"/wiki/Unterhaltung\" title=\"Unterhaltung\">Unterhaltung</a> dienendes Gebäude</dd> <dd>[4] <i><a href=\"/wiki/Astrologie\" title=\"Astrologie\">Astrologie</a>:</i> <a href=\"/wiki/Tierkreiszeichen\" title=\"Tierkreiszeichen\">Tierkreiszeichen</a> </dd> <dd>[5] <a href=\"/w/index.php?title=Herrscherhaus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Herrscherhaus (Seite nicht vorhanden)\">Herrscherhaus</a> </dd> <dd>[6] <a href=\"/wiki/Firma\" title=\"Firma\">Firma</a>, <a href=\"/wiki/Unternehmen\" title=\"Unternehmen\">Unternehmen</a> </dd> <dd>[7] <a href=\"/wiki/scherzhaft\" title=\"scherzhaft\"><i>scherzhaft</i></a> <a href=\"/wiki/Freund\" title=\"Freund\">Freund</a> </dd> <dd>[8] <i><a href=\"/wiki/umgangssprachlich\" title=\"umgangssprachlich\">umgangssprachlich</a>:</i> Gehäuse der <a href=\"/wiki/Schnecke\" title=\"Schnecke\">Schnecke</a> </dd> <dd>[9] Gasthaus oder <a href=\"/wiki/Gastst%C3%A4tte\" title=\"Gaststätte\">Gaststätte</a> </dd> </dl> "; // result will be a tuple containing the start and end indices for the first match in the string let result = regex.captures(string); let (start, end) = match result { Some((s, e)) => (s, e), None => { // ... } }; println!("{}", &string[start, end]); }

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/