use regex::Regex; const TO_SEARCH: &str = " On 2010-03-14, foo happened. On 2014-10-14, bar happened. "; fn main() { let re = Regex::new(r"(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})").unwrap(); for caps in re.captures_iter(TO_SEARCH) { println!("year: {}, month: {}, day: {}", caps.get(1).unwrap().as_str(), caps.get(2).unwrap().as_str(), caps.get(3).unwrap().as_str()); } let re2 = Regex::new(r"(\d+)").unwrap(); println!("{}", re2.replace_all("Hello 100, 200", | caps: ®ex::Captures | { "(".to_owned() + &caps[1] + ")" })); println!("{}", re2.replace_all("Hello 100, 200", | caps: ®ex::Captures<'_> | { "[".to_owned() + &caps[1] + "]" })); let re3 = Regex::new(r"(?P\d+)").unwrap(); println!("{}", re3.replace_all("Hello 100, 200", "<$x>")); }