How to check if a string includes $sometext$ without numbers in Rust

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use regex::Regex;

fn include_dollar_symbol_text(input: &str) -> bool {
    // Compile case-insensitive regex to match $word$
    let re = Regex::new(r"(?i)\$[a-z]+\$").unwrap();

    // Replace matched $word$ with empty string
    let cleaned_text = re.replace_all(input, "").to_string();

    // Check for any remaining dollar symbols
    !cleaned_text.contains('$')
}

fn main() {
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $text$ z"));            // ok
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $ text$ z"));           // space
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $$ z"));                // empty
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc 100 $text$ z"));           // ok
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc $1000 $text$ z"));         // open $
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $IBM$ z $Microsoft$")); // ok
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $F3$ z"));              // include number
    println!("{}", include_dollar_symbol_text("abc xy $text z"));             // missing close $
}


 
 
/*
run:
   
true
false
false
true
false
true
false
false

*/
 

 



answered Jul 11, 2025 by avibootz
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