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<title>PCRE2 specification</title>
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<h1>Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (revised API: PCRE2)</h1>
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The HTML documentation for PCRE2 consists of a number of pages that are listed
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below in alphabetical order. If you are new to PCRE2, please read the first one
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first.
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2.html">pcre2</a></td>
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<td> Introductory page</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2-config.html">pcre-2config</a></td>
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<td> Information about the installation configuration</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2api.html">pcre2api</a></td>
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<td> PCRE2's native API</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2build.html">pcre2build</a></td>
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<td> Building PCRE2</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2callout.html">pcre2callout</a></td>
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<td> The <i>callout</i> facility</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2compat.html">pcre2compat</a></td>
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<td> Compability with Perl</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2demo.html">pcre2demo</a></td>
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<td> A demonstration C program that uses the PCRE2 library</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2grep.html">pcre2grep</a></td>
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<td> The <b>pcre2grep</b> command</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2jit.html">pcre2jit</a></td>
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<td> Discussion of the just-in-time optimization support</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2limits.html">pcre2limits</a></td>
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<td> Details of size and other limits</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2matching.html">pcre2matching</a></td>
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<td> Discussion of the two matching algorithms</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2partial.html">pcre2partial</a></td>
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<td> Using PCRE2 for partial matching</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2pattern.html">pcre2pattern</a></td>
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<td> Specification of the regular expressions supported by PCRE2</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2perform.html">pcre2perform</a></td>
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<td> Some comments on performance</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2posix.html">pcre2posix</a></td>
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<td> The POSIX API to the PCRE2 8-bit library</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2sample.html">pcre2sample</a></td>
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<td> Discussion of the pcre2demo program</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2stack.html">pcre2stack</a></td>
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<td> Discussion of PCRE2's stack usage</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2syntax.html">pcre2syntax</a></td>
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<td> Syntax quick-reference summary</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2test.html">pcre2test</a></td>
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<td> The <b>pcre2test</b> command for testing PCRE2</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2unicode.html">pcre2unicode</a></td>
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<td> Discussion of Unicode and UTF-8/UTF-16/UTF-32 support</td></tr>
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</table>
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<p>
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There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function
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in the library.
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_code_free.html">pcre2_code_free</a></td>
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<td> Free a compiled pattern</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_compile.html">pcre2_compile</a></td>
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<td> Compile a regular expression pattern</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_compile2.html">pcre2_compile2</a></td>
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<td> Compile a regular expression (alternate interface)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_config.html">pcre2_config</a></td>
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<td> Show build-time configuration options</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_dfa_match.html">pcre2_dfa_match</a></td>
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<td> Match a compiled pattern to a subject string
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(DFA algorithm; <i>not</i> Perl compatible)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_get_error_message.html">pcre2_get_error_message</a></td>
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<td> Free study data</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_jit_compile.html">pcre2_jit_compile</a></td>
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<td> Process a compiled pattern with the JIT compiler</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_jit_match.html">pcre2_jit_match</a></td>
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<td> Fast path interface to JIT matching</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_jit_stack_alloc.html">pcre2_jit_stack_alloc</a></td>
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<td> Create a stack for JIT matching</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_jit_stack_assign.html">pcre2_jit_stack_assign</a></td>
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<td> Assign stack for JIT matching</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_jit_stack_free.html">pcre2_jit_stack_free</a></td>
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<td> Free a JIT matching stack</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_maketables.html">pcre2_maketables</a></td>
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<td> Build character tables in current locale</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_match.html">pcre2_match</a></td>
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<td> Match a compiled pattern to a subject string
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(Perl compatible)</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_pattern_info.html">pcre2_pattern_info</a></td>
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<td> Extract information about a pattern</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_copy_byname.html">pcre2_substring_copy_byname</a></td>
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<td> Extract named substring into given buffer</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_copy_bynumber.html">pcre2_substring_copy_bynumber</a></td>
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<td> Extract numbered substring into given buffer</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_free.html">pcre2_substring_free</a></td>
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<td> Free extracted substring</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_get_byname.html">pcre2_substring_get_byname</a></td>
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<td> Extract named substring into new memory</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_get_bynumber.html">pcre2_substring_get_bynumber</a></td>
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<td> Extract numbered substring into new memory</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_length_byname.html">pcre2_substring_length_byname</a></td>
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<td> Find length of named substring</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_length_bynumber.html">pcre2_substring_length_bynumber</a></td>
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<td> Find length of numbered substring</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_list_free.html">pcre2_substring_list_free</a></td>
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<td> Free list of extracted substrings</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_list_get.html">pcre2_substring_list_get</a></td>
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<td> Extract all substrings into new memory</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_nametable_scan.html">pcre2_substring_nametable_scan</a></td>
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<td> Find table entries for given string name</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="pcre2_substring_number_from_name.html">pcre2_substring_number_from_name</a></td>
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<td> Convert captured string name to number</td></tr>
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