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.TH PCRE_GET_SUBSTRING 3
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre.h>
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.B int pcre_get_substring(const char *\fIsubject\fP, int *\fIovector\fP,
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.B int \fIstringcount\fP, int \fIstringnumber\fP,
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.B const char **\fIstringptr\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring. The
arguments are:
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\fIsubject\fP Subject that has been successfully matched
\fIovector\fP Offset vector that \fBpcre_exec()\fP used
\fIstringcount\fP Value returned by \fBpcre_exec()\fP
\fIstringnumber\fP Number of the required substring
\fIstringptr\fP Where to put the string pointer
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The memory in which the substring is placed is obtained by calling
\fBpcre_malloc()\fP. The convenience function \fBpcre_free_substring()\fP can
be used to free it when it is no longer needed. The yield of the function is
the length of the substring, PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY if sufficient memory could not
be obtained, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if the string number is invalid.
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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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page.