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<title>pcre2_pattern_info specification</title>
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<h1>pcre2_pattern_info man page</h1>
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Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>.
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This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was generated
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automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it,
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please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong.
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<br><b>
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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include <pcre2.h></b>
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<b>int pcre2_pattern_info(const pcre2 *<i>code</i>, uint32_t <i>what</i>, void *<i>where</i>);</b>
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<br><b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This function returns information about a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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  <i>code</i>     Pointer to a compiled regular expression
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  <i>what</i>     What information is required
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  <i>where</i>    Where to put the information
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The recognized values for the <i>what</i> argument, and the information they
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request are as follows:
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  PCRE2_INFO_ALLOPTIONS      Final options after compiling
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  PCRE2_INFO_ARGOPTIONS      Options passed to <b>pcre2_compile()</b>
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  PCRE2_INFO_BACKREFMAX      Number of highest back reference
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  PCRE2_INFO_BSR             What \R matches:
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                               PCRE2_BSR_UNICODE: Unicode line endings
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                               PCRE2_BSR_ANYCRLF: CR, LF, or CRLF only
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  PCRE2_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT    Number of capturing subpatterns
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  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP     Bitmap of first code units, or NULL
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  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODETYPE   Type of start-of-match information
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                               0 nothing set
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                               1 first code unit is set
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                               2 start of string or after newline
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  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODEUNIT   First code unit when type is 1
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  PCRE2_INFO_HASBACKSLASHC   Return 1 if pattern contains \C
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  PCRE2_INFO_HASCRORLF       Return 1 if explicit CR or LF matches
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                               exist in the pattern
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  PCRE2_INFO_JCHANGED        Return 1 if (?J) or (?-J) was used
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  PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE         Size of JIT compiled code, or 0
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  PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODETYPE    Type of must-be-present information
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                               0 nothing set
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                               1 code unit is set
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  PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODEUNIT    Last code unit when type is 1
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  PCRE2_INFO_MATCHEMPTY      1 if the pattern can match an
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                               empty string, 0 otherwise
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  PCRE2_INFO_MATCHLIMIT      Match limit if set,
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                               otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
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  PCRE2_INFO_MAXLOOKBEHIND   Length (in characters) of the longest
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                               lookbehind assertion
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  PCRE2_INFO_MINLENGTH       Lower bound length of matching strings
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  PCRE2_INFO_NAMECOUNT       Number of named subpatterns
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  PCRE2_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE   Size of name table entries
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  PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE       Pointer to name table
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  PCRE2_CONFIG_NEWLINE       Code for the newline sequence:
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                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_CR
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                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_LF
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                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_CRLF
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                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANY
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                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF
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  PCRE2_INFO_RECURSIONLIMIT  Recursion limit if set,
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                               otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
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  PCRE2_INFO_SIZE            Size of compiled pattern
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If <i>where</i> is NULL, the function returns the amount of memory needed for
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the requested information, in bytes. Otherwise, the <i>where</i> argument must
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point to an unsigned 32-bit integer (uint32_t variable), except for the
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following <i>what</i> values, when it must point to a variable of the type
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shown:
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  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP     const uint8_t *
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  PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE         size_t
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  PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE       PCRE2_SPTR
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  PCRE2_INFO_SIZE            size_t
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The yield of the function is zero on success or:
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  PCRE2_ERROR_NULL           the argument <i>code</i> is NULL
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  PCRE2_ERROR_BADMAGIC       the "magic number" was not found
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  PCRE2_ERROR_BADOPTION      the value of <i>what</i> is invalid
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  PCRE2_ERROR_BADMODE        the pattern was compiled in the wrong mode
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  PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET          the requested information is not set
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</PRE>
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There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
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<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a>
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a>
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page.
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Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>.
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