Go's regex support is pretty good.

regexp - The Go Programming Language

Generally you must compile regexes before use with Compile or MustCompile. The exception is MatchString.

The Basics

string =~ /regex/ → regexp.MatchString("regex", string) — quick boolean test. Also works with compiled regexes.

string =~ /(regex)/ →re.FindString(string) — first match of entire regex (not capture groups) in string

string =~ /(regex)/g →re.FindAllString(string) — all matches of entire regex (not capture groups) in string

string =~ s/regex/replace/g → re.ReplaceAllString(string, replace)

Capture Groups

Capture groups use the FindStringSubmatch method.

<aside> 💡 FindString returns the string that matches the whole regex; FindStringSubmatch returns the string and capture groups.

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string =~ /(reg)(exp)/ → r.FindStringSubmatch — get slice containing first match in string

string =~ /(reg)(ex)/g → r.FindAllStringSubmatch — get nested slice of captures from all matches

Transforms

ReplaceAllStringFunc lets you supply a function which transforms regex matches.

References

The Go Playground

A simplified playground I created which gives examples of the basics