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- <h1>pcre2_match man page</h1>
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- SYNOPSIS
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- <b>#include <pcre2.h></b>
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- <P>
- <b>int pcre2_match(const pcre2_code *<i>code</i>, PCRE2_SPTR <i>subject</i>,</b>
- <b> PCRE2_SIZE <i>length</i>, PCRE2_SIZE <i>startoffset</i>,</b>
- <b> uint32_t <i>options</i>, pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>,</b>
- <b> pcre2_match_context *<i>mcontext</i>);</b>
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- DESCRIPTION
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- 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 what it has matched and to captured substrings via the
- <b>match_data</b> block, which can be processed by functions with names that
- start with <b>pcre2_get_ovector_...()</b> or <b>pcre2_substring_...()</b>. The
- return from <b>pcre2_match()</b> is one more than the highest numbered capturing
- pair that has been set (for example, 1 if there are no captures), zero if the
- vector of offsets is too small, or a negative error code for no match and other
- errors. The function arguments are:
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- <i>code</i> Points to the compiled pattern
- <i>subject</i> Points to the subject string
- <i>length</i> Length of the subject string
- <i>startoffset</i> Offset in the subject at which to start matching
- <i>options</i> Option bits
- <i>match_data</i> Points to a match data block, for results
- <i>mcontext</i> Points to a match context, or is NULL
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- A match context is needed only if you want to:
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- Set up a callout function
- Set a matching offset limit
- Change the heap memory limit
- Change the backtracking match limit
- Change the backtracking depth limit
- Set custom memory management specifically for the match
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- The <i>length</i> and <i>startoffset</i> values are code units, not characters.
- The length may be given as PCRE2_ZERO_TERMINATED for a subject that is
- terminated by a binary zero code unit. The options are:
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- PCRE2_ANCHORED Match only at the first position
- PCRE2_COPY_MATCHED_SUBJECT
- On success, make a private subject copy
- PCRE2_DISABLE_RECURSELOOP_CHECK
- Only useful in rare cases; use with care
- PCRE2_ENDANCHORED Pattern can match only at end of subject
- PCRE2_NOTBOL Subject string is not the beginning of a line
- PCRE2_NOTEOL Subject string is not the end of a line
- PCRE2_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match
- PCRE2_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject is not a valid match
- PCRE2_NO_JIT Do not use JIT matching
- PCRE2_NO_UTF_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF validity (only relevant if PCRE2_UTF
- was set at compile time)
- PCRE2_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match even if there is a full match
- PCRE2_PARTIAL_SOFT Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match if no full matches are found
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- For details of partial matching, see the
- <a href="pcre2partial.html"><b>pcre2partial</b></a>
- page. There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
- <a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a>
- page and a description of the POSIX API in the
- <a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a>
- page.
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