1PCRE2_SUBSTRING_GET_BYNUMBERL(i3b)rary Functions ManPuCaRlE2_SUBSTRING_GET_BYNUMBER(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_get_bynumber(pcre2_match_data *match_data,
13 uint32_t number, PCRE2_UCHAR **bufferptr, PCRE2_SIZE *bufflen);
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17 This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring by
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20 match_data The match data for the match
21 number Number of the required substring
22 bufferptr Where to put the string pointer
23 bufflen Where to put the string length
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25 The memory in which the substring is placed is obtained by calling the
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27 The convenience function pcre2_substring_free() can be used to free it
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31 PCRE2_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING there are no groups of that number
32 PCRE2_ERROR_UNAVAILBLE the ovector was too small for that group
33 PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET the group did not participate in the match
34 PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY memory could not be obtained
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37 There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api
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42PCRE2 10.00 13 December 2014PCRE2_SUBSTRING_GET_BYNUMBER(3)