1<html> 2<head> 3<title>pcre_get_stringtable_entries specification</title> 4</head> 5<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> 6<h1>pcre_get_stringtable_entries man page</h1> 7<p> 8Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. 9</p> 10<p> 11This page is part of the PCRE HTML documentation. It was generated automatically 12from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the 13man page, in case the conversion went wrong. 14<br> 15<br><b> 16SYNOPSIS 17</b><br> 18<P> 19<b>#include <pcre.h></b> 20</P> 21<P> 22<b>int pcre_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre *<i>code</i>,</b> 23<b>const char *<i>name</i>, char **<i>first</i>, char **<i>last</i>);</b> 24</P> 25<br><b> 26DESCRIPTION 27</b><br> 28<P> 29This convenience function finds, for a compiled pattern, the first and last 30entries for a given name in the table that translates capturing parenthesis 31names into numbers. When names are required to be unique (PCRE_DUPNAMES is 32<i>not</i> set), it is usually easier to use <b>pcre_get_stringnumber()</b> 33instead. 34<pre> 35 <i>code</i> Compiled regular expression 36 <i>name</i> Name whose entries required 37 <i>first</i> Where to return a pointer to the first entry 38 <i>last</i> Where to return a pointer to the last entry 39</pre> 40The yield of the function is the length of each entry, or 41PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if none are found. 42</P> 43<P> 44There is a complete description of the PCRE native API, including the format of 45the table entries, in the 46<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a> 47page, and a description of the POSIX API in the 48<a href="pcreposix.html"><b>pcreposix</b></a> 49page. 50<p> 51Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. 52</p> 53