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diff --git a/doc/pcre_exec.3 b/doc/pcre_exec.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4686bd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pcre_exec.3 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.TH PCRE_EXEC 3 "12 May 2013" "PCRE 8.33" +.SH NAME +PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.rs +.sp +.B #include <pcre.h> +.PP +.nf +.B int pcre_exec(const pcre *\fIcode\fP, "const pcre_extra *\fIextra\fP," +.B " const char *\fIsubject\fP, int \fIlength\fP, int \fIstartoffset\fP," +.B " int \fIoptions\fP, int *\fIovector\fP, int \fIovecsize\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre16_exec(const pcre16 *\fIcode\fP, "const pcre16_extra *\fIextra\fP," +.B " PCRE_SPTR16 \fIsubject\fP, int \fIlength\fP, int \fIstartoffset\fP," +.B " int \fIoptions\fP, int *\fIovector\fP, int \fIovecsize\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre32_exec(const pcre32 *\fIcode\fP, "const pcre32_extra *\fIextra\fP," +.B " PCRE_SPTR32 \fIsubject\fP, int \fIlength\fP, int \fIstartoffset\fP," +.B " int \fIoptions\fP, int *\fIovector\fP, int \fIovecsize\fP);" +.fi +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.rs +.sp +This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject +string, using a matching algorithm that is similar to Perl's. It returns +offsets to captured substrings. Its arguments are: +.sp + \fIcode\fP Points to the compiled pattern + \fIextra\fP Points to an associated \fBpcre[16|32]_extra\fP structure, + or is NULL + \fIsubject\fP Points to the subject string + \fIlength\fP Length of the subject string + \fIstartoffset\fP Offset in the subject at which to start matching + \fIoptions\fP Option bits + \fIovector\fP Points to a vector of ints for result offsets + \fIovecsize\fP Number of elements in the vector (a multiple of 3) +.sp +The units for \fIlength\fP and \fIstartoffset\fP are bytes for +\fBpcre_exec()\fP, 16-bit data items for \fBpcre16_exec()\fP, and 32-bit items +for \fBpcre32_exec()\fP. The options are: +.sp + PCRE_ANCHORED Match only at the first position + PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF \eR matches only CR, LF, or CRLF + PCRE_BSR_UNICODE \eR matches all Unicode line endings + PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY Recognize any Unicode newline sequence + PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF Recognize CR, LF, & CRLF as newline sequences + PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Recognize CR as the only newline sequence + PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Recognize CRLF as the only newline sequence + PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Recognize LF as the only newline sequence + PCRE_NOTBOL Subject string is not the beginning of a line + PCRE_NOTEOL Subject string is not the end of a line + PCRE_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match + PCRE_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject + is not a valid match + PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE Do not do "start-match" optimizations + PCRE_NO_UTF16_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-16 + validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF16 + was set at compile time) + PCRE_NO_UTF32_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-32 + validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF32 + was set at compile time) + PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-8 + validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF8 + was set at compile time) + PCRE_PARTIAL ) Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial + PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT ) match if no full matches are found + PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match + if that is found before a full match +.sp +For details of partial matching, see the +.\" HREF +\fBpcrepartial\fP +.\" +page. A \fBpcre_extra\fP structure contains the following fields: +.sp + \fIflags\fP Bits indicating which fields are set + \fIstudy_data\fP Opaque data from \fBpcre[16|32]_study()\fP + \fImatch_limit\fP Limit on internal resource use + \fImatch_limit_recursion\fP Limit on internal recursion depth + \fIcallout_data\fP Opaque data passed back to callouts + \fItables\fP Points to character tables or is NULL + \fImark\fP For passing back a *MARK pointer + \fIexecutable_jit\fP Opaque data from JIT compilation +.sp +The flag bits are PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT, +PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION, PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA, +PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES, PCRE_EXTRA_MARK and PCRE_EXTRA_EXECUTABLE_JIT. +.P +There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreapi\fP +.\" +page and a description of the POSIX API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreposix\fP +.\" +page. |