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PCRE_STUDY(3)		    Library Functions Manual		   PCRE_STUDY(3)

NAME
     PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pcre.h>

     pcre_extra *pcre_study(const pcre *code, int options,
	  const char **errptr);

     pcre16_extra *pcre16_study(const pcre16 *code, int options,
	  const char **errptr);

     pcre32_extra *pcre32_study(const pcre32 *code, int options,
	  const char **errptr);

DESCRIPTION
     This  function studies a compiled pattern, to see if additional information
     can be extracted that might speed up matching. Its arguments are:

       code	  A compiled regular expression
       options	  Options for pcre[16|32]_study()
       errptr	  Where to put an error message

     If the function succeeds,	it  returns  a	value  that  can  be  passed  to
     pcre[16|32]_exec() or pcre[16|32]_dfa_exec() via their extra arguments.

     If  the  function returns NULL, either it could not find any additional in-
     formation, or there was an error. You can tell the difference by looking at
     the error value. It is NULL in first case.

     The only option is PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE. It requests just-in-time  compi-
     lation if possible. If PCRE has been compiled without JIT support, this op-
     tion is ignored. See the pcrejit page for further details.

     There  is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the pcreapi page
     and a description of the POSIX API in the pcreposix page.

PCRE 8.30			   24 June 2012 		   PCRE_STUDY(3)

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