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author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2016-07-13 21:24:43 +0100 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2016-07-13 21:24:43 +0100 |
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diff --git a/doc/pcre_get_stringtable_entries.3 b/doc/pcre_get_stringtable_entries.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c58c90 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pcre_get_stringtable_entries.3 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH PCRE_GET_STRINGTABLE_ENTRIES 3 "24 June 2012" "PCRE 8.30" +.SH NAME +PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.rs +.sp +.B #include <pcre.h> +.PP +.nf +.B int pcre_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre *\fIcode\fP, +.B " const char *\fIname\fP, char **\fIfirst\fP, char **\fIlast\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre16_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre16 *\fIcode\fP, +.B " PCRE_SPTR16 \fIname\fP, PCRE_UCHAR16 **\fIfirst\fP, PCRE_UCHAR16 **\fIlast\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre32_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre32 *\fIcode\fP, +.B " PCRE_SPTR32 \fIname\fP, PCRE_UCHAR32 **\fIfirst\fP, PCRE_UCHAR32 **\fIlast\fP);" +.fi +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.rs +.sp +This convenience function finds, for a compiled pattern, the first and last +entries for a given name in the table that translates capturing parenthesis +names into numbers. When names are required to be unique (PCRE_DUPNAMES is +\fInot\fP set), it is usually easier to use \fBpcre[16|32]_get_stringnumber()\fP +instead. +.sp + \fIcode\fP Compiled regular expression + \fIname\fP Name whose entries required + \fIfirst\fP Where to return a pointer to the first entry + \fIlast\fP Where to return a pointer to the last entry +.sp +The yield of the function is the length of each entry, or +PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if none are found. +.P +There is a complete description of the PCRE native API, including the format of +the table entries, in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreapi\fP +.\" +page, and a description of the POSIX API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreposix\fP +.\" +page. |