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180  <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">MATCHING A PATTERN</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">MATCHING A PATTERN</a><br>
181  <P>  <P>
182  The function <b>regexec()</b> is called to match a compiled pattern <i>preg</i>  The function <b>regexec()</b> is called to match a compiled pattern <i>preg</i>
183  against a given <i>string</i>, which is terminated by a zero byte, subject to  against a given <i>string</i>, which is by default terminated by a zero byte
184  the options in <i>eflags</i>. These can be:  (but see REG_STARTEND below), subject to the options in <i>eflags</i>. These can
185    be:
186  <pre>  <pre>
187    REG_NOTBOL    REG_NOTBOL
188  </pre>  </pre>
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193  </pre>  </pre>
194  The PCRE_NOTEOL option is set when calling the underlying PCRE matching  The PCRE_NOTEOL option is set when calling the underlying PCRE matching
195  function.  function.
196    <pre>
197      REG_STARTEND
198    </pre>
199    The string is considered to start at <i>string</i> + <i>pmatch[0].rm_so</i> and
200    to have a terminating NUL located at <i>string</i> + <i>pmatch[0].rm_eo</i>
201    (there need not actually be a NUL at that location), regardless of the value of
202    <i>nmatch</i>. This is a BSD extension, compatible with but not specified by
203    IEEE Standard 1003.2 (POSIX.2), and should be used with caution in software
204    intended to be portable to other systems. Note that a non-zero <i>rm_so</i> does
205    not imply REG_NOTBOL; REG_STARTEND affects only the location of the string, not
206    how it is matched.
207  </P>  </P>
208  <P>  <P>
209  If the pattern was compiled with the REG_NOSUB flag, no data about any matched  If the pattern was compiled with the REG_NOSUB flag, no data about any matched
# Line 239  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Line 251  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
251  </P>  </P>
252  <br><a name="SEC9" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC9" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
253  <P>  <P>
254  Last updated: 06 March 2007  Last updated: 05 April 2008
255  <br>  <br>
256  Copyright &copy; 1997-2007 University of Cambridge.  Copyright &copy; 1997-2008 University of Cambridge.
257  <br>  <br>
258  <p>  <p>
259  Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.  Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.
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