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.TH PCRE2_PATTERN_INFO 3 "11 April 2017" "PCRE2 10.30"
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.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.rs
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.B #include <pcre2.h>
.PP
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.B int pcre2_pattern_info(const pcre2 *\fIcode\fP, uint32_t \fIwhat\fP, void *\fIwhere\fP);
.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function returns information about a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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\fIcode\fP Pointer to a compiled regular expression
\fIwhat\fP What information is required
\fIwhere\fP Where to put the information
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The recognized values for the \fIwhat\fP argument, and the information they
request are as follows:
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PCRE2_INFO_ALLOPTIONS Final options after compiling
PCRE2_INFO_ARGOPTIONS Options passed to \fBpcre2_compile()\fP
PCRE2_INFO_BACKREFMAX Number of highest back reference
PCRE2_INFO_BSR What \eR matches:
PCRE2_BSR_UNICODE: Unicode line endings
PCRE2_BSR_ANYCRLF: CR, LF, or CRLF only
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PCRE2_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT Number of capturing subpatterns
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.\" JOIN
PCRE2_INFO_DEPTHLIMIT Backtracking depth limit if set,
otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
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PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP Bitmap of first code units, or NULL
PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODETYPE Type of start-of-match information
0 nothing set
1 first code unit is set
2 start of string or after newline
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PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODEUNIT First code unit when type is 1
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PCRE2_INFO_FRAMESIZE Size of backtracking frame
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PCRE2_INFO_HASBACKSLASHC Return 1 if pattern contains \eC
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.\" JOIN
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PCRE2_INFO_HASCRORLF Return 1 if explicit CR or LF matches
exist in the pattern
.\" JOIN
PCRE2_INFO_HEAPLIMIT Heap memory limit if set,
otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
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PCRE2_INFO_JCHANGED Return 1 if (?J) or (?-J) was used
PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE Size of JIT compiled code, or 0
PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODETYPE Type of must-be-present information
0 nothing set
1 code unit is set
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PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODEUNIT Last code unit when type is 1
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.\" JOIN
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PCRE2_INFO_MATCHEMPTY 1 if the pattern can match an
empty string, 0 otherwise
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.\" JOIN
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PCRE2_INFO_MATCHLIMIT Match limit if set,
otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
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.\" JOIN
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PCRE2_INFO_MAXLOOKBEHIND Length (in characters) of the longest
lookbehind assertion
PCRE2_INFO_MINLENGTH Lower bound length of matching strings
PCRE2_INFO_NAMECOUNT Number of named subpatterns
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PCRE2_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE Size of name table entries
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PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE Pointer to name table
PCRE2_CONFIG_NEWLINE Code for the newline sequence:
PCRE2_NEWLINE_CR
PCRE2_NEWLINE_LF
PCRE2_NEWLINE_CRLF
PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANY
PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF
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PCRE2_INFO_RECURSIONLIMIT Obsolete synonym for PCRE2_INFO_DEPTHLIMIT
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PCRE2_INFO_SIZE Size of compiled pattern
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If \fIwhere\fP is NULL, the function returns the amount of memory needed for
the requested information, in bytes. Otherwise, the \fIwhere\fP argument must
point to an unsigned 32-bit integer (uint32_t variable), except for the
following \fIwhat\fP values, when it must point to a variable of the type
shown:
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PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP const uint8_t *
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PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE size_t
PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE PCRE2_SPTR
PCRE2_INFO_SIZE size_t
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The yield of the function is zero on success or:
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PCRE2_ERROR_NULL the argument \fIcode\fP is NULL
PCRE2_ERROR_BADMAGIC the "magic number" was not found
PCRE2_ERROR_BADOPTION the value of \fIwhat\fP is invalid
PCRE2_ERROR_BADMODE the pattern was compiled in the wrong mode
PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET the requested information is not set
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There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2api\fP
.\"
page and a description of the POSIX API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2posix\fP
.\"
page.