+The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the following pages: +
+ +| pcre | +Introductory page |
| pcre-config | +Information about the installation configuration |
| pcreapi | +PCRE's native API |
| pcrebuild | +Options for building PCRE |
| pcrecallout | +The callout facility |
| pcrecompat | +Compability with Perl |
| pcrecpp | +The C++ wrapper for the PCRE library |
| pcregrep | +The pcregrep command |
| pcrematching | +Discussion of the two matching algorithms |
| pcrepartial | +Using PCRE for partial matching |
| pcrepattern | +Specification of the regular expressions supported by PCRE |
| pcreperform | +Some comments on performance |
| pcreposix | +The POSIX API to the PCRE library |
| pcreprecompile | +How to save and re-use compiled patterns |
| pcresample | +Description of the sample program |
| pcrestack | +Discussion of PCRE's stack usage |
| pcresyntax | +Syntax quick-reference summary |
| pcretest | +The pcretest command for testing PCRE |
+There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function +in the library: +
+ +| pcre_compile | +Compile a regular expression |
| pcre_compile2 | +Compile a regular expression (alternate interface) |
| pcre_config | +Show build-time configuration options |
| pcre_copy_named_substring | +Extract named substring into given buffer |
| pcre_copy_substring | +Extract numbered substring into given buffer |
| pcre_dfa_exec | +Match a compiled pattern to a subject string + (DFA algorithm; not Perl compatible) |
| pcre_exec | +Match a compiled pattern to a subject string + (Perl compatible) |
| pcre_free_substring | +Free extracted substring |
| pcre_free_substring_list | +Free list of extracted substrings |
| pcre_fullinfo | +Extract information about a pattern |
| pcre_get_named_substring | +Extract named substring into new memory |
| pcre_get_stringnumber | +Convert captured string name to number |
| pcre_get_substring | +Extract numbered substring into new memory |
| pcre_get_substring_list | +Extract all substrings into new memory |
| pcre_info | +Obsolete information extraction function |
| pcre_maketables | +Build character tables in current locale |
| pcre_refcount | +Maintain reference count in compiled pattern |
| pcre_study | +Study a compiled pattern |
| pcre_version | +Return PCRE version and release date |