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16SYNOPSIS
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19<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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22<b>int pcre_refcount(pcre *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b>
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25DESCRIPTION
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28This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that
29contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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31  <i>code</i>                      Compiled regular expression
32  <i>adjust</i>                    Adjustment to reference value
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34The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained
35to lie between 0 and 65535.
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