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.TH PCRE 3 |
.TH PCRE_COMPILE 3 |
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.SH NAME |
.SH NAME |
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PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions |
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B #include <pcre.h> |
.B #include <pcre.h> |
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.PP |
.PP |
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.SM |
.SM |
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.B pcre *pcre_compile(const char *\fIpattern\fP, int \fIoptions\fP, |
.B pcre *pcre_compile(const char *\fIpattern\fP, int \fIoptions\fP, |
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.ti +5n |
.ti +5n |
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.B const char **\fIerrptr\fP, int *\fIerroffset\fP, |
.B const char **\fIerrptr\fP, int *\fIerroffset\fP, |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.rs |
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.sp |
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This function compiles a regular expression into an internal form. Its |
This function compiles a regular expression into an internal form. It is the |
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arguments are: |
same as \fBpcre_compile2()\fP, except for the absence of the \fIerrorcodeptr\fP |
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argument. Its arguments are: |
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.sp |
.sp |
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\fIpattern\fR A zero-terminated string containing the |
\fIpattern\fR A zero-terminated string containing the |
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regular expression to be compiled |
regular expression to be compiled |
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PCRE_CASELESS Do caseless matching |
PCRE_CASELESS Do caseless matching |
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PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY $ not to match newline at end |
PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY $ not to match newline at end |
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PCRE_DOTALL . matches anything including NL |
PCRE_DOTALL . matches anything including NL |
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PCRE_DUPNAMES Allow duplicate names for subpatterns |
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PCRE_EXTENDED Ignore whitespace and # comments |
PCRE_EXTENDED Ignore whitespace and # comments |
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PCRE_EXTRA PCRE extra features |
PCRE_EXTRA PCRE extra features |
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(not much use currently) |
(not much use currently) |
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PCRE_FIRSTLINE Force matching to be before newline |
PCRE_FIRSTLINE Force matching to be before newline |
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PCRE_MULTILINE ^ and $ match newlines within data |
PCRE_MULTILINE ^ and $ match newlines within data |
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PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY Recognize any Unicode newline sequence |
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PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF Recognize CR, LF, and CRLF as newline sequences |
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PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Set CR as the newline sequence |
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PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Set CRLF as the newline sequence |
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PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Set LF as the newline sequence |
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PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE Disable numbered capturing paren- |
PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE Disable numbered capturing paren- |
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theses (named ones available) |
theses (named ones available) |
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PCRE_UNGREEDY Invert greediness of quantifiers |
PCRE_UNGREEDY Invert greediness of quantifiers |