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PCRE2_SUBS..._FROM_NAME(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2_SUBS..._FROM_NAME(3) NAME PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) SYNOPSIS #include <pcre2.h> int pcre2_substring_number_from_name(const pcre2_code *code, PCRE2_SPTR name); DESCRIPTION This convenience function finds the number of a named substring captur- ing parenthesis in a compiled pattern, provided that it is a unique name. The function arguments are: code Compiled regular expression name Name whose number is required The yield of the function is the number of the parenthesis if the name is found, or PCRE2_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if it is not found. When duplicate names are allowed (PCRE2_DUPNAMES is set), if the name is not unique, PCRE2_ERROR_NOUNIQUESUBSTRING is returned. You can obtain the list of numbers with the same name by calling pcre2_substring_nametable_scan(). 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 10.45 03 November 2014 PCRE2_SUBS..._FROM_NAME(3)
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