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# Line 558  If this option is set, an unanchored pat Line 558  If this option is set, an unanchored pat
558  the first newline in the subject string, though the matched text may continue  the first newline in the subject string, though the matched text may continue
559  over the newline.  over the newline.
560  <pre>  <pre>
561      PCRE_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT
562    </pre>
563    If this option is set, PCRE's behaviour is changed in some ways so that it is
564    compatible with JavaScript rather than Perl. The changes are as follows:
565    </P>
566    <P>
567    (1) A lone closing square bracket in a pattern causes a compile-time error,
568    because this is illegal in JavaScript (by default it is treated as a data
569    character). Thus, the pattern AB]CD becomes illegal when this option is set.
570    </P>
571    <P>
572    (2) At run time, a back reference to an unset subpattern group matches an empty
573    string (by default this causes the current matching alternative to fail). A
574    pattern such as (\1)(a) succeeds when this option is set (assuming it can find
575    an "a" in the subject), whereas it fails by default, for Perl compatibility.
576    <pre>
577    PCRE_MULTILINE    PCRE_MULTILINE
578  </pre>  </pre>
579  By default, PCRE treats the subject string as consisting of a single line of  By default, PCRE treats the subject string as consisting of a single line of
# Line 718  out of use. To avoid confusion, they hav Line 734  out of use. To avoid confusion, they hav
734    54  DEFINE group contains more than one branch    54  DEFINE group contains more than one branch
735    55  repeating a DEFINE group is not allowed    55  repeating a DEFINE group is not allowed
736    56  inconsistent NEWLINE options    56  inconsistent NEWLINE options
737    57  \g is not followed by a braced name or an optionally braced    57  \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted
738          non-zero number          name/number or by a plain number
739    58  (?+ or (?- or (?(+ or (?(- must be followed by a non-zero number    58  a numbered reference must not be zero
740    59  (*VERB) with an argument is not supported    59  (*VERB) with an argument is not supported
741    60  (*VERB) not recognized    60  (*VERB) not recognized
742    61  number is too big    61  number is too big
743    62  subpattern name expected    62  subpattern name expected
744    63  digit expected after (?+    63  digit expected after (?+
745      64  ] is an invalid data character in JavaScript compatibility mode
746  </pre>  </pre>
747  The numbers 32 and 10000 in errors 48 and 49 are defaults; different values may  The numbers 32 and 10000 in errors 48 and 49 are defaults; different values may
748  be used if the limits were changed when PCRE was built.  be used if the limits were changed when PCRE was built.
# Line 1955  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Line 1972  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
1972  </P>  </P>
1973  <br><a name="SEC22" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC22" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
1974  <P>  <P>
1975  Last updated: 23 January 2008  Last updated: 12 April 2008
1976  <br>  <br>
1977  Copyright &copy; 1997-2008 University of Cambridge.  Copyright &copy; 1997-2008 University of Cambridge.
1978  <br>  <br>
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