.TH PCRE2_SET_CHARACTER_TABLES 3 "20 March 2020" "PCRE2 10.35" .SH NAME PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B #include .PP .nf .B int pcre2_set_character_tables(pcre2_compile_context *\fIccontext\fP, .B " const uint8_t *\fItables\fP);" .fi . .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp This function sets a pointer to custom character tables within a compile context. The second argument must point to a set of PCRE2 character tables or be NULL to request the default tables. The result is always zero. Character tables can be created by calling \fBpcre2_maketables()\fP or by running the \fBpcre2_dftables\fP maintenance command in binary mode (see the .\" HREF \fBpcre2build\fP .\" documentation). .P There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the .\" HREF \fBpcre2api\fP .\" page and a description of the POSIX API in the .\" HREF \fBpcre2posix\fP .\" page.