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PCRE_GET_SUBSTRING(3) | Library Functions Manual | PCRE_GET_SUBSTRING(3) |
NAME¶
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressionsSYNOPSIS¶
#include <pcre.h> int pcre_get_substring(const char *subject, int *ovector, int stringcount, int stringnumber, const char **stringptr); int pcre16_get_substring(PCRE_SPTR16 subject, int *ovector, int stringcount, int stringnumber, PCRE_SPTR16 *stringptr);DESCRIPTION¶
This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring. The arguments are:subject Subject that has been successfully matched
ovector Offset vector that pcre[16]_exec() used
stringcount Value returned by pcre[16]_exec()
stringnumber Number of the required substring
stringptr Where to put the string pointer