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revision 548 by ph10, Fri Jun 25 14:42:00 2010 UTC revision 553 by ph10, Fri Oct 22 15:57:50 2010 UTC
# Line 1532  These options turn on the partial matchi Line 1532  These options turn on the partial matchi
1532  compatibility, PCRE_PARTIAL is a synonym for PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT. A partial match  compatibility, PCRE_PARTIAL is a synonym for PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT. A partial match
1533  occurs if the end of the subject string is reached successfully, but there are  occurs if the end of the subject string is reached successfully, but there are
1534  not enough subject characters to complete the match. If this happens when  not enough subject characters to complete the match. If this happens when
1535  PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD is set, \fBpcre_exec()\fP immediately returns  PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT (but not PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD) is set, matching continues by
1536  PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL. Otherwise, if PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT is set, matching continues  testing any remaining alternatives. Only if no complete match can be found is
1537  by testing any other alternatives. Only if they all fail is PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL  PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL returned instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH. In other words,
1538  returned (instead of PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH). The portion of the string that  PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT says that the caller is prepared to handle a partial match,
1539  was inspected when the partial match was found is set as the first matching  but only if no complete match can be found.
1540  string. There is a more detailed discussion in the  .P
1541    If PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD is set, it overrides PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT. In this case, if a
1542    partial match is found, \fBpcre_exec()\fP immediately returns
1543    PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL, without considering any other alternatives. In other words,
1544    when PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD is set, a partial match is considered to be more
1545    important that an alternative complete match.
1546    .P
1547    In both cases, the portion of the string that was inspected when the partial
1548    match was found is set as the first matching string. There is a more detailed
1549    discussion of partial and multi-segment matching, with examples, in the
1550  .\" HREF  .\" HREF
1551  \fBpcrepartial\fP  \fBpcrepartial\fP
1552  .\"  .\"
# Line 2059  is converted into PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL if Line 2068  is converted into PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL if
2068  there have been no complete matches, but there is still at least one matching  there have been no complete matches, but there is still at least one matching
2069  possibility. The portion of the string that was inspected when the longest  possibility. The portion of the string that was inspected when the longest
2070  partial match was found is set as the first matching string in both cases.  partial match was found is set as the first matching string in both cases.
2071    There is a more detailed discussion of partial and multi-segment matching, with
2072    examples, in the
2073    .\" HREF
2074    \fBpcrepartial\fP
2075    .\"
2076    documentation.
2077  .sp  .sp
2078    PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST    PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST
2079  .sp  .sp
# Line 2178  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Line 2193  Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
2193  .rs  .rs
2194  .sp  .sp
2195  .nf  .nf
2196  Last updated: 21 June 2010  Last updated: 22 October 2010
2197  Copyright (c) 1997-2010 University of Cambridge.  Copyright (c) 1997-2010 University of Cambridge.
2198  .fi  .fi
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