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| <h1>pcre_dfa_exec man page</h1> |
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| SYNOPSIS |
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| <b>#include <pcre.h></b> |
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| <b>int pcre_dfa_exec(const pcre *<i>code</i>, const pcre_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b> |
| <b>const char *<i>subject</i>, int <i>length</i>, int <i>startoffset</i>,</b> |
| <b>int <i>options</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>, int <i>ovecsize</i>,</b> |
| <b>int *<i>workspace</i>, int <i>wscount</i>);</b> |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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| This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject |
| string, using an alternative matching algorithm that scans the subject string |
| just once (<i>not</i> Perl-compatible). Note that the main, Perl-compatible, |
| matching function is <b>pcre_exec()</b>. The arguments for this function are: |
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| <i>code</i> Points to the compiled pattern |
| <i>extra</i> Points to an associated <b>pcre_extra</b> structure, |
| or is NULL |
| <i>subject</i> Points to the subject string |
| <i>length</i> Length of the subject string, in bytes |
| <i>startoffset</i> Offset in bytes in the subject at which to |
| start matching |
| <i>options</i> Option bits |
| <i>ovector</i> Points to a vector of ints for result offsets |
| <i>ovecsize</i> Number of elements in the vector |
| <i>workspace</i> Points to a vector of ints used as working space |
| <i>wscount</i> Number of elements in the vector |
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| The options are: |
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| PCRE_ANCHORED Match only at the first position |
| PCRE_BSR_ANYCRLF \R matches only CR, LF, or CRLF |
| PCRE_BSR_UNICODE \R matches all Unicode line endings |
| PCRE_NEWLINE_ANY Recognize any Unicode newline sequence |
| PCRE_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF Recognize CR, LF, & CRLF as newline sequences |
| PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Recognize CR as the only newline sequence |
| PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Recognize CRLF as the only newline sequence |
| PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Recognize LF as the only newline sequence |
| PCRE_NOTBOL Subject is not the beginning of a line |
| PCRE_NOTEOL Subject is not the end of a line |
| PCRE_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match |
| PCRE_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject |
| is not a valid match |
| PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE Do not do "start-match" optimizations |
| PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-8 |
| validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF8 |
| was set at compile time) |
| PCRE_PARTIAL ) Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial |
| PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT ) match if no full matches are found |
| PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match |
| even if there is a full match as well |
| PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST Return only the shortest match |
| PCRE_DFA_RESTART Restart after a partial match |
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| There are restrictions on what may appear in a pattern when using this matching |
| function. Details are given in the |
| <a href="pcrematching.html"><b>pcrematching</b></a> |
| documentation. For details of partial matching, see the |
| <a href="pcrepartial.html"><b>pcrepartial</b></a> |
| page. |
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| A <b>pcre_extra</b> structure contains the following fields: |
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| <i>flags</i> Bits indicating which fields are set |
| <i>study_data</i> Opaque data from <b>pcre_study()</b> |
| <i>match_limit</i> Limit on internal resource use |
| <i>match_limit_recursion</i> Limit on internal recursion depth |
| <i>callout_data</i> Opaque data passed back to callouts |
| <i>tables</i> Points to character tables or is NULL |
| <i>mark</i> For passing back a *MARK pointer |
| <i>executable_jit</i> Opaque data from JIT compilation |
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| The flag bits are PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT, |
| PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION, PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA, |
| PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES, PCRE_EXTRA_MARK and PCRE_EXTRA_EXECUTABLE_JIT. For this |
| matching function, the <i>match_limit</i> and <i>match_limit_recursion</i> fields |
| are not used, and must not be set. The PCRE_EXTRA_EXECUTABLE_JIT flag and |
| the corresponding variable are ignored. |
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| There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the |
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| page and a description of the POSIX API in the |
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