1PCRE2_SUBSTRING_COPY_BYNAME(L3i)brary Functions ManuPaClRE2_SUBSTRING_COPY_BYNAME(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 int pcre2_substring_copy_byname(pcre2_match_data *match_data,
13 PCRE2_SPTR name, PCRE2_UCHAR *buffer, PCRE2_SIZE *bufflen);
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17 This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring,
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20 match_data The match data block for the match
21 name Name of the required substring
22 buffer Buffer to receive the string
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29 PCRE2_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING there are no groups of that name
30 PCRE2_ERROR_UNAVAILBLE the ovector was too small for that group
31 PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET the group did not participate in the match
32 PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY the buffer is not big enough
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38 There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api
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43PCRE2 10.00 21 October 2014 PCRE2_SUBSTRING_COPY_BYNAME(3)