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.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "28 June 2018" "PCRE2 10.32"
.TH PCRE2PATTERN 3 "30 June 2018" "PCRE2 10.32"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH "PCRE2 REGULAR EXPRESSION DETAILS"
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.SS "Resetting the match start"
.rs
.sp
The escape sequence \eK causes any previously matched characters not to be
included in the final matched sequence that is returned. For example, the
pattern:
In normal use, the escape sequence \eK causes any previously matched characters
not to be included in the final matched sequence that is returned. For example,
the pattern:
.sp
foo\eKbar
.sp
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ignored in negative assertions. Note that when a pattern such as (?=ab\eK)
matches, the reported start of the match can be greater than the end of the
match. Using \eK in a lookbehind assertion at the start of a pattern can also
lead to odd effects.
lead to odd effects. For example, consider this pattern:
.sp
(?<=\Kfoo)bar
.sp
If the subject is "foobar", a call to \fBpcre2_match()\fP with a starting
offset of 3 succeeds and reports the matching string as "foobar", that is, the
start of the reported match is earlier than where the match started.
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Last updated: 28 June 2018
Last updated: 30 June 2018
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge.
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