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pcre_get_named_substring (3)

Name

pcre_get_named_substring - compatible regular expressions

Synopsis

#include <pcre.h>

int pcre_get_named_substring(const pcre *code,
const char *subject, int *ovector,
int stringcount, const char *stringname,
const char **stringptr);

int pcre16_get_named_substring(const pcre16 *code,
PCRE_SPTR16 subject, int *ovector,
int stringcount, PCRE_SPTR16 stringname,
PCRE_SPTR16 *stringptr);

int pcre32_get_named_substring(const pcre32 *code,
PCRE_SPTR32 subject, int *ovector,
int stringcount, PCRE_SPTR32 stringname,
PCRE_SPTR32 *stringptr);

Description

Library Functions Manual                           PCRE_GET_NAMED_SUBSTRING(3)



NAME
       PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcre.h>

       int pcre_get_named_substring(const pcre *code,
            const char *subject, int *ovector,
            int stringcount, const char *stringname,
            const char **stringptr);

       int pcre16_get_named_substring(const pcre16 *code,
            PCRE_SPTR16 subject, int *ovector,
            int stringcount, PCRE_SPTR16 stringname,
            PCRE_SPTR16 *stringptr);

       int pcre32_get_named_substring(const pcre32 *code,
            PCRE_SPTR32 subject, int *ovector,
            int stringcount, PCRE_SPTR32 stringname,
            PCRE_SPTR32 *stringptr);

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  a convenience function for extracting a captured substring by
       name. The arguments are:

         code          Compiled pattern
         subject       Subject that has been successfully matched
         ovector       Offset vector that pcre[16|32]_exec() used
         stringcount   Value returned by pcre[16|32]_exec()
         stringname    Name of the required substring
         stringptr     Where to put the string pointer

       The memory in which the substring is  placed  is  obtained  by  calling
       pcre[16|32]_malloc().  The  convenience  function pcre[16|32]_free_sub-
       string() can be used to free it when it is no longer needed. The  yield
       of   the   function   is   the   length  of  the  extracted  substring,
       PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY if sufficient memory  could  not  be  obtained,  or
       PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if the string name is invalid.

       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(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/pcre     |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source        was        downloaded        from         https://source-
       forge.net/projects/pcre/files/pcre/8.45/pcre-8.45.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://pcre.org/.



PCRE 8.30                        24 June 2012
                                                   PCRE_GET_NAMED_SUBSTRING(3)