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.TH PCRE_GET_STRINGNUMBER 3 .SH NAME PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B #include <pcre.h> .PP .SM .B int pcre_get_stringnumber(const pcre *\fIcode\fP, .ti +5n .B const char *\fIname\fP); . .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp This convenience function finds the number of a named substring capturing parenthesis in a compiled pattern. Its arguments are: .sp \fIcode\fP Compiled regular expression \fIname\fP Name whose number is required .sp The yield of the function is the number of the parenthesis if the name is found, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING otherwise. When duplicate names are allowed (PCRE_DUPNAMES is set), it is not defined which of the numbers is returned by \fBpcre_get_stringnumber()\fP. You can obtain the complete list by calling \fBpcre_get_stringtable_entries()\fP. .P There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the .\" HREF \fBpcreapi\fP .\" page and a description of the POSIX API in the .\" HREF \fBpcreposix\fP .\" page.

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