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PCRE_COPY_NAMED_SUBSTRING(3) | Library Functions Manual | PCRE_COPY_NAMED_SUBSTRING(3) |
NAME¶
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressionsSYNOPSIS¶
#include <pcre.h> int pcre_copy_named_substring(const pcre *code, const char *subject, int * ovector, int stringcount, const char * stringname, char *buffer, int buffersize); int pcre16_copy_named_substring(const pcre16 *code, PCRE_SPTR16 subject, int *ovector, int stringcount, PCRE_SPTR16 stringname, PCRE_UCHAR16 *buffer, int buffersize);DESCRIPTION¶
This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring, identified by name, into a given buffer. The arguments are:code Pattern that was successfully matched
subject Subject that has been successfully matched
ovector Offset vector that pcre[16]_exec() used
stringcount Value returned by pcre[16]_exec()
stringname Name of the required substring
buffer Buffer to receive the string
buffersize Size of buffer