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9 <title>PCRE specification</title> |
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12 <h1>Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)</h1> |
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14 The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the following pages: |
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16 |
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17 <table> |
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18 <tr><td><a href="pcre.html">pcre</a></td> |
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19 <td> Introductory page</td></tr> |
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20 |
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21 <tr><td><a href="pcre-config.html">pcre-config</a></td> |
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22 <td> Information about the installation configuration</td></tr> |
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23 |
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24 <tr><td><a href="pcreapi.html">pcreapi</a></td> |
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25 <td> PCRE's native API</td></tr> |
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26 |
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27 <tr><td><a href="pcrebuild.html">pcrebuild</a></td> |
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28 <td> Options for building PCRE</td></tr> |
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29 |
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30 <tr><td><a href="pcrecallout.html">pcrecallout</a></td> |
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31 <td> The <i>callout</i> facility</td></tr> |
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32 |
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33 <tr><td><a href="pcrecompat.html">pcrecompat</a></td> |
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34 <td> Compability with Perl</td></tr> |
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35 |
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36 <tr><td><a href="pcrecpp.html">pcrecpp</a></td> |
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37 <td> The C++ wrapper for the PCRE library</td></tr> |
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38 |
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39 <tr><td><a href="pcregrep.html">pcregrep</a></td> |
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40 <td> The <b>pcregrep</b> command</td></tr> |
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41 |
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42 <tr><td><a href="pcrematching.html">pcrematching</a></td> |
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43 <td> Discussion of the two matching algorithms</td></tr> |
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44 |
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45 <tr><td><a href="pcrepartial.html">pcrepartial</a></td> |
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46 <td> Using PCRE for partial matching</td></tr> |
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47 |
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48 <tr><td><a href="pcrepattern.html">pcrepattern</a></td> |
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49 <td> Specification of the regular expressions supported by PCRE</td></tr> |
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50 |
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51 <tr><td><a href="pcreperform.html">pcreperform</a></td> |
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52 <td> Some comments on performance</td></tr> |
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53 |
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54 <tr><td><a href="pcreposix.html">pcreposix</a></td> |
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55 <td> The POSIX API to the PCRE library</td></tr> |
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56 |
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57 <tr><td><a href="pcreprecompile.html">pcreprecompile</a></td> |
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58 <td> How to save and re-use compiled patterns</td></tr> |
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59 |
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60 <tr><td><a href="pcresample.html">pcresample</a></td> |
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61 <td> Description of the sample program</td></tr> |
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62 |
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63 <tr><td><a href="pcrestack.html">pcrestack</a></td> |
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64 <td> Discussion of PCRE's stack usage</td></tr> |
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65 |
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66 <tr><td><a href="pcresyntax.html">pcresyntax</a></td> |
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67 <td> Syntax quick-reference summary</td></tr> |
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68 |
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69 <tr><td><a href="pcretest.html">pcretest</a></td> |
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70 <td> The <b>pcretest</b> command for testing PCRE</td></tr> |
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71 </table> |
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74 There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function |
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75 in the library: |
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80 <tr><td><a href="pcre_compile.html">pcre_compile</a></td> |
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81 <td> Compile a regular expression</td></tr> |
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82 |
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83 <tr><td><a href="pcre_compile2.html">pcre_compile2</a></td> |
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84 <td> Compile a regular expression (alternate interface)</td></tr> |
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85 |
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86 <tr><td><a href="pcre_config.html">pcre_config</a></td> |
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87 <td> Show build-time configuration options</td></tr> |
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88 |
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89 <tr><td><a href="pcre_copy_named_substring.html">pcre_copy_named_substring</a></td> |
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90 <td> Extract named substring into given buffer</td></tr> |
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91 |
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92 <tr><td><a href="pcre_copy_substring.html">pcre_copy_substring</a></td> |
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93 <td> Extract numbered substring into given buffer</td></tr> |
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94 |
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95 <tr><td><a href="pcre_dfa_exec.html">pcre_dfa_exec</a></td> |
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96 <td> Match a compiled pattern to a subject string |
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97 (DFA algorithm; <i>not</i> Perl compatible)</td></tr> |
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99 <tr><td><a href="pcre_exec.html">pcre_exec</a></td> |
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100 <td> Match a compiled pattern to a subject string |
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101 (Perl compatible)</td></tr> |
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102 |
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103 <tr><td><a href="pcre_free_substring.html">pcre_free_substring</a></td> |
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104 <td> Free extracted substring</td></tr> |
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105 |
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106 <tr><td><a href="pcre_free_substring_list.html">pcre_free_substring_list</a></td> |
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107 <td> Free list of extracted substrings</td></tr> |
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108 |
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109 <tr><td><a href="pcre_fullinfo.html">pcre_fullinfo</a></td> |
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110 <td> Extract information about a pattern</td></tr> |
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111 |
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112 <tr><td><a href="pcre_get_named_substring.html">pcre_get_named_substring</a></td> |
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113 <td> Extract named substring into new memory</td></tr> |
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114 |
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115 <tr><td><a href="pcre_get_stringnumber.html">pcre_get_stringnumber</a></td> |
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116 <td> Convert captured string name to number</td></tr> |
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117 |
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118 <tr><td><a href="pcre_get_substring.html">pcre_get_substring</a></td> |
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119 <td> Extract numbered substring into new memory</td></tr> |
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120 |
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121 <tr><td><a href="pcre_get_substring_list.html">pcre_get_substring_list</a></td> |
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122 <td> Extract all substrings into new memory</td></tr> |
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123 |
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124 <tr><td><a href="pcre_info.html">pcre_info</a></td> |
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125 <td> Obsolete information extraction function</td></tr> |
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126 |
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127 <tr><td><a href="pcre_maketables.html">pcre_maketables</a></td> |
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128 <td> Build character tables in current locale</td></tr> |
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129 |
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130 <tr><td><a href="pcre_refcount.html">pcre_refcount</a></td> |
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131 <td> Maintain reference count in compiled pattern</td></tr> |
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132 |
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133 <tr><td><a href="pcre_study.html">pcre_study</a></td> |
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134 <td> Study a compiled pattern</td></tr> |
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135 |
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136 <tr><td><a href="pcre_version.html">pcre_version</a></td> |
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137 <td> Return PCRE version and release date</td></tr> |
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138 </table> |
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