// 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"(?x)(
\(
# Match all but characters `\`, `(` or `)`
(?> [^\\()]
| \\.
| (?1)
)*
\)
)
").unwrap();
let string = "SHOULD MATCH:
()
(())
((()))
(\\() (\\))
(\\(\\)\\)\\)\\))
SHOULD NOT MATCH:
)
(
((((\\)\\)\\)\\)
";
// 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/