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PCRE2_SUBSTRING_LIST_GET(3)                 DragonFly Library Functions Manual

NAME
       PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcre2.h>

       int pcre2_substring_list_get(pcre2_match_data *match_data,
         PCRE2_UCHAR ***listptr, PCRE2_SIZE **lengthsptr);

DESCRIPTION
       This is a convenience function for extracting all the captured
       substrings after a pattern match. It builds a list of pointers to the
       strings, and (optionally) a second list that contains their lengths (in
       code units), excluding a terminating zero that is added to each of
       them. All this is done in a single block of memory that is obtained
       using the same memory allocation function that was used to get the
       match data block. The convenience function pcre2_substring_list_free()
       can be used to free it when it is no longer needed. The arguments are:

         match_data    The match data block
         listptr       Where to put a pointer to the list
         lengthsptr    Where to put a pointer to the lengths, or NULL

       A pointer to a list of pointers is put in the variable whose address is
       in listptr. The list is terminated by a NULL pointer. If lengthsptr is
       not NULL, a matching list of lengths is created, and its address is
       placed in lengthsptr. The yield of the function is zero on success or
       PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY if sufficient memory could not be obtained.

       There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api
       page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix page.

PCRE2 10.00                     21 October 2014    PCRE2_SUBSTRING_LIST_GET(3)