1PCRE2_GET_STARTCHAR(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2_GET_STARTCHAR(3)
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6 PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
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10 #include <pcre2.h>
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12 PCRE2_SIZE pcre2_get_startchar(pcre2_match_data *match_data);
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16 After a successful call of pcre2_match() that was passed the match
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29PCRE2 10.00 24 October 2014 PCRE2_GET_STARTCHAR(3)