pcre2_substring_list_get(3) — Linux manual page

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PCRE2_SUB..._LIST_GET(3) Library Functions ManualPCRE2_SUB..._LIST_GET(3)

NAME top

       PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS top


       #include <pcre2.h>

       int pcre2_substring_list_get(pcre2_match_data *match_data,
         PCRE2_UCHAR ***listptr, PCRE2_SIZE **lengthsptr);

DESCRIPTION top


       This is a convenience function for extracting all the captured
       substrings after a pattern match. It builds a list of pointers to
       the strings, and (optionally) a second list that contains their
       lengths (in code units), excluding a terminating zero that is
       added to each of them. All this is done in a single block of
       memory that is obtained using the same memory allocation function
       that was used to get the match data block. The convenience
       function pcre2_substring_list_free() can be used to free it when
       it is no longer needed. The arguments are:

         match_data    The match data block
         listptr       Where to put a pointer to the list
         lengthsptr    Where to put a pointer to the lengths, or NULL

       A pointer to a list of pointers is put in the variable whose
       address is in listptr. The list is terminated by a NULL pointer.
       If lengthsptr is not NULL, a matching list of lengths is created,
       and its address is placed in lengthsptr. The yield of the function
       is zero on success or PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY if sufficient memory
       could not be obtained.

       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_SUB..._LIST_GET(3)