pcre2_substring_length_byname(3) — Linux manual page

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PCRE2_SU...TH_BYNAME(3)  Library Functions Manual PCRE2_SU...TH_BYNAME(3)

NAME top

       PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS top


       #include <pcre2.h>

       int pcre2_substring_length_byname(pcre2_match_data *match_data,
         PCRE2_SPTR name, PCRE2_SIZE *length);

DESCRIPTION top


       This function returns the length of a matched substring,
       identified by name.  The arguments are:

         match_data   The match data block for the match
         name         The substring name
         length       Where to return the length

       The yield is zero on success, or an error code if the substring is
       not found.

       There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
       pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix
       page.

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PCRE2 10.46-DEV              21 October 2014      PCRE2_SU...TH_BYNAME(3)