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<title>pcre2_match specification</title>
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB">
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<h1>pcre2_match man page</h1>
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Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>.
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This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was generated
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automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it,
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please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong.
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<br><b>
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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include <pcre2.h></b>
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<b>int pcre2_match(const pcre2_code *<i>code</i>, PCRE2_SPTR <i>subject</i>,</b>
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<b> PCRE2_SIZE <i>length</i>, PCRE2_SIZE <i>startoffset</i>,</b>
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<b> uint32_t <i>options</i>, pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>,</b>
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<b> pcre2_match_context *<i>mcontext</i>);</b>
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<br><b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject
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string, using a matching algorithm that is similar to Perl's. It returns
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offsets to what it has matched and to captured substrings via the
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<b>match_data</b> block, which can be processed by functions with names that
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start with <b>pcre2_get_ovector_...()</b> or <b>pcre2_substring_...()</b>. The
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return from <b>pcre2_match()</b> is one more than the highest numbered capturing
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pair that has been set (for example, 1 if there are no captures), zero if the
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vector of offsets is too small, or a negative error code for no match and other
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errors. The function arguments are:
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<pre>
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<i>code</i> Points to the compiled pattern
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<i>subject</i> Points to the subject string
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<i>length</i> Length of the subject string
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<i>startoffset</i> Offset in the subject at which to start matching
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<i>options</i> Option bits
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<i>match_data</i> Points to a match data block, for results
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<i>mcontext</i> Points to a match context, or is NULL
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A match context is needed only if you want to:
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<pre>
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Set up a callout function
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Set a matching offset limit
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Change the heap memory limit
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Change the backtracking match limit
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Change the backtracking depth limit
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Set custom memory management specifically for the match
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</pre>
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The <i>length</i> and <i>startoffset</i> values are code units, not characters.
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The length may be given as PCRE2_ZERO_TERMINATED for a subject that is
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terminated by a binary zero code unit. The options are:
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<pre>
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PCRE2_ANCHORED Match only at the first position
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PCRE2_COPY_MATCHED_SUBJECT
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On success, make a private subject copy
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PCRE2_ENDANCHORED Pattern can match only at end of subject
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PCRE2_NOTBOL Subject string is not the beginning of a line
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PCRE2_NOTEOL Subject string is not the end of a line
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PCRE2_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match
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PCRE2_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject is not a valid match
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PCRE2_NO_JIT Do not use JIT matching
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PCRE2_NO_UTF_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF validity (only relevant if PCRE2_UTF
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was set at compile time)
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PCRE2_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match even if there is a full match
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PCRE2_PARTIAL_SOFT Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match if no full matches are found
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</pre>
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For details of partial matching, see the
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<a href="pcre2partial.html"><b>pcre2partial</b></a>
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page. There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
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<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a>
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a>
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page.
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<p>
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Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>.
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