| .TH PCRE_REFCOUNT 3 |
| .SH NAME |
| PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .rs |
| .sp |
| .B #include <pcre.h> |
| .PP |
| .SM |
| .B int pcre_refcount(pcre *\fIcode\fP, int \fIadjust\fP); |
| . |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .rs |
| .sp |
| This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that |
| contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are: |
| .sp |
| \fIcode\fP Compiled regular expression |
| \fIadjust\fP Adjustment to reference value |
| .sp |
| The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained |
| to lie between 0 and 65535. |
| .P |
| There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the |
| .\" HREF |
| \fBpcreapi\fP |
| .\" |
| page and a description of the POSIX API in the |
| .\" HREF |
| \fBpcreposix\fP |
| .\" |
| page. |