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PCRE_EXEC(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      PCRE_EXEC(3)

NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions SYNOPSIS
#include <pcre.h> int pcre_exec(const pcre *code, const pcre_extra *extra, const char *subject, int length, int startoffset, int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize); DESCRIPTION
This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject string, using a matching algorithm that is similar to Perl's. It returns offsets to captured substrings. Its arguments are: code Points to the compiled pattern extra Points to an associated pcre_extra structure, or is NULL subject Points to the subject string length Length of the subject string, in bytes startoffset Offset in bytes in the subject at which to start matching options Option bits ovector Points to a vector of ints for result offsets ovecsize Number of elements in the vector (a multiple of 3) The options are: PCRE_ANCHORED Match only at the first position PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF R matches only CR, LF, or CRLF PCRE_BSR_UNICODE R matches all Unicode line endings PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY Recognize any Unicode newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF Recognize CR, LF, and CRLF as newline sequences PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Set CR as the newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Set CRLF as the newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Set LF as the newline sequence PCRE_NOTBOL Subject is not the beginning of a line PCRE_NOTEOL Subject is not the end of a line PCRE_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-8 validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF8 was set at compile time) PCRE_PARTIAL Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match There are restrictions on what may appear in a pattern when partial matching is requested. For details, see the pcrepartial page. A pcre_extra structure contains the following fields: flags Bits indicating which fields are set study_data Opaque data from pcre_study() match_limit Limit on internal resource use match_limit_recursion Limit on internal recursion depth callout_data Opaque data passed back to callouts tables Points to character tables or is NULL The flag bits are PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION, PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA, and PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES. There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the pcreapi page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcreposix page. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWpcre | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for PCRE is available on http://opensolaris.org. PCRE_EXEC(3)

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PCRE_EXEC(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      PCRE_EXEC(3)

NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions SYNOPSIS
#include <pcre.h> int pcre_exec(const pcre *code, const pcre_extra *extra, const char *subject, int length, int startoffset, int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize); int pcre16_exec(const pcre16 *code, const pcre16_extra *extra, PCRE_SPTR16 subject, int length, int startoffset, int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize); int pcre32_exec(const pcre32 *code, const pcre32_extra *extra, PCRE_SPTR32 subject, int length, int startoffset, int options, int *ovector, int ovecsize); DESCRIPTION
This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject string, using a matching algorithm that is similar to Perl's. It returns offsets to captured substrings. Its arguments are: code Points to the compiled pattern extra Points to an associated pcre[16|32]_extra structure, or is NULL subject Points to the subject string length Length of the subject string, in bytes startoffset Offset in bytes in the subject at which to start matching options Option bits ovector Points to a vector of ints for result offsets ovecsize Number of elements in the vector (a multiple of 3) The options are: PCRE_ANCHORED Match only at the first position PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF R matches only CR, LF, or CRLF PCRE_BSR_UNICODE R matches all Unicode line endings PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY Recognize any Unicode newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF Recognize CR, LF, & CRLF as newline sequences PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Recognize CR as the only newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Recognize CRLF as the only newline sequence PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Recognize LF as the only newline sequence PCRE_NOTBOL Subject string is not the beginning of a line PCRE_NOTEOL Subject string is not the end of a line PCRE_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match PCRE_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject is not a valid match PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE Do not do "start-match" optimizations PCRE_NO_UTF16_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-16 validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF16 was set at compile time) PCRE_NO_UTF32_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-32 validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF32 was set at compile time) PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-8 validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF8 was set at compile time) PCRE_PARTIAL ) Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT ) match if no full matches are found PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match if that is found before a full match For details of partial matching, see the pcrepartial page. A pcre_extra structure contains the following fields: flags Bits indicating which fields are set study_data Opaque data from pcre[16|32]_study() match_limit Limit on internal resource use match_limit_recursion Limit on internal recursion depth callout_data Opaque data passed back to callouts tables Points to character tables or is NULL mark For passing back a *MARK pointer executable_jit Opaque data from JIT compilation The flag bits are PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION, PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES, PCRE_EXTRA_MARK and PCRE_EXTRA_EXECUTABLE_JIT. There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the pcreapi page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcreposix page. PCRE 8.30 24 June 2012 PCRE_EXEC(3)
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