Contents of /code/trunk/testdata/testoutput2

/(a)b|/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'
    abc
 0: abc
    defabc
 0: abc
    \Aabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    \Adefabc
No match
    ABC
No match

/^abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    abc
 0: abc
    \Aabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    defabc
No match
    \Adefabc
No match

/a+bc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'

/a*bc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/a{3}bc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'

/(abc|a+z)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/^abc$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    def\nabc
No match

/ab\idef/X
Failed: unrecognized character follows \ at offset 3

/(?X)ab\idef/X
Failed: unrecognized character follows \ at offset 7

/x{5,4}/
Failed: numbers out of order in {} quantifier at offset 5

/z{65536}/
Failed: number too big in {} quantifier at offset 7

/[abcd/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 5

/(?X)[\B]/
Failed: invalid escape sequence in character class at offset 6

/[z-a]/
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 3

/^*/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/(abc/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/(?# abc/
Failed: missing ) after comment at offset 7

/(?z)abc/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 2

/.*b/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'b'

/.*?b/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'b'

/cat|dog|elephant/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    this sentence eventually mentions a cat
 0: cat
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant
 0: elephant

/cat|dog|elephant/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: c d e 
    this sentence eventually mentions a cat
 0: cat
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant
 0: elephant

/cat|dog|elephant/IiS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: C D E c d e 
    this sentence eventually mentions a CAT cat
 0: CAT
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while to elephant ElePhant
 0: elephant

/a|[bcd]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b c d 

/(a|[^\dZ])/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a 
  \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 
  \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > 
  ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d 
  e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 
  \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 
  \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 
  \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 
  \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf 
  \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce 
  \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd 
  \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec 
  \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb 
  \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff 

/(a|b)*[\s]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: \x09 \x0a \x0c \x0d \x20 a b 

/(ab\2)/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 6

/{4,5}abc/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 4

/(a)(b)(c)\2/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Max back reference = 2
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'
    abcb
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
    \O0abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
    \O6abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
 1: a
    \O9abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
    \O12abcb
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c

/(a)bc|(a)(b)\2/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Max back reference = 2
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char
    abc
 0: abc
 1: a
    \O0abc
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3abc
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abc
    \O6abc
 0: abc
 1: a
    aba
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
 3: b
    \O0aba
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
    \O6aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
    \O9aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
    \O12aba
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
 3: b

/abc$/IE
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: dollar_endonly
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc\n
No match
    abc\ndef
No match

/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)\6/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 17

/the quick brown fox/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 't'
Need char = 'x'
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    this is a line with the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox

/the quick brown fox/IA
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    *** Failers
No match
    this is a line with the quick brown fox
No match

/ab(?z)cd/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 4

/^abc|def/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcdef
 0: abc
    abcdef\B
 0: def

/.*((abc)$|(def))/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
No options
First char at start or follows newline
No need char
    defabc
 0: defabc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    \Zdefabc
 0: def
 1: def
 2: <unset>
 3: def

/abc/P
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/^abc|def/P
    abcdef
 0: abc
    abcdef\B
 0: def

/.*((abc)$|(def))/P
    defabc
 0: defabc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    \Zdefabc
 0: def
 1: def
 3: def

/the quick brown fox/P
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    *** Failers
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    The Quick Brown Fox
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/the quick brown fox/Pi
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    The Quick Brown Fox
 0: The Quick Brown Fox

/abc.def/P
    *** Failers
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    abc\ndef
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/abc$/P
    abc
 0: abc
    abc\n
 0: abc

/(abc)\2/P
Failed: POSIX code 15: bad back reference at offset 7     

/(abc\1)/P
    abc
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/)/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/a[]b/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/[^aeiou ]{3,}/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    co-processors, and for
 0: -pr

/<.*>/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>ghi<klm>

/<.*?>/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>

/<.*>/IU
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>

/(?U)<.*>/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>

/<.*?>/IU
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>ghi<klm>

/={3,}/IU
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '='
Need char = '='
    abc========def
 0: ===

/(?U)={3,}?/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '='
Need char = '='
    abc========def
 0: ========

/(?<!bar|cattle)foo/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'f'
Need char = 'o'
    foo
 0: foo
    catfoo
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    the barfoo
No match
    and cattlefoo
No match

/(?<=a+)b/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 6

/(?<=aaa|b{0,3})b/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 14

/(?<!(foo)a\1)bar/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 12

/(?i)abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
First char = 'a' (caseless)
Need char = 'c' (caseless)

/(a|(?m)a)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(?i)^1234/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored caseless
No first char
No need char

/(^b|(?i)^d)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/(?s).*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored dotall
No first char
No need char

/[abcd]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b c d 

/(?i)[abcd]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: A B C D a b c d 

/(?m)[xy]|(b|c)/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: multiline
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: b c x y 

/(^a|^b)/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
No need char

/(?i)(^a|^b)/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: caseless multiline
First char at start or follows newline
No need char

/(a)(?(1)a|b|c)/
Failed: conditional group contains more than two branches at offset 13

/(?(?=a)a|b|c)/
Failed: conditional group contains more than two branches at offset 12

/(?(1a)/
Failed: missing ) at offset 6

/(?(1a))/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 6

/(?(?i))/
Failed: assertion expected after (?( at offset 3

/(?(abc))/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 7

/(?(?<ab))/
Failed: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator) at offset 7

/((?s)blah)\s+\1/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Max back reference = 1
No options
First char = 'b'
Need char = 'h'

/((?i)blah)\s+\1/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Max back reference = 1
No options
First char = 'b' (caseless)
Need char = 'h' (caseless)

/((?i)b)/IDZS
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
     01 Opt
     NC b
        Ket
     00 Opt
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'b' (caseless)
No need char
Study returned NULL

/(a*b|(?i:c*(?-i)d))/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: C a b c d 

/a$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char
    a
 0: a
    a\n
 0: a
    *** Failers
No match
    \Za
No match
    \Za\n
No match

/a$/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char = 'a'
No need char
    a
 0: a
    a\n
 0: a
    \Za\n
 0: a
    *** Failers
No match
    \Za
No match

/\Aabc/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored multiline
No first char
No need char

/^abc/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'c'

/^((a+)(?U)([ab]+)(?-U)([bc]+)(\w*))/I
Capturing subpattern count = 5
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
  aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 0: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 1: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 2: aaaaa
 3: b
 4: bbbbccccc
 5: def

/(?<=foo)[ab]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b 

/(?<!foo)(alpha|omega)/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Need char = 'a'
Starting byte set: a o 

/(?!alphabet)[ab]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b 

/(?<=foo\n)^bar/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Contains explicit CR or LF match
Options: multiline
No first char
Need char = 'r'
    foo\nbarbar
 0: bar
    ***Failers
No match
    rhubarb
No match
    barbell
No match
    abc\nbarton
No match

/^(?<=foo\n)bar/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Contains explicit CR or LF match
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'r'
    foo\nbarbar
 0: bar
    ***Failers
No match
    rhubarb
No match
    barbell
No match
    abc\nbarton
No match

/(?>^abc)/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'c'
    abc
 0: abc
    def\nabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    defabc
No match

/(?<=ab(c+)d)ef/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 11

/(?<=ab(?<=c+)d)ef/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 12

/(?<=ab(c|de)f)g/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 13

/The next three are in testinput2 because they have variable length branches/

/(?<=bullock|donkey)-cart/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '-'
Need char = 't'
    the bullock-cart
 0: -cart
    a donkey-cart race
 0: -cart
    *** Failers
No match
    cart
No match
    horse-and-cart
No match

/(?<=ab(?i)x|y|z)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd)|(xyz))/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char at start or follows newline
No need char
    alphabetabcd
 0: alphabetabcd
 1: abcd
    endingxyz
 0: endingxyz
 1: <unset>
 2: xyz

/(?<=ab(?i)x(?-i)y|(?i)z|b)ZZ/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'Z'
Need char = 'Z'
    abxyZZ
 0: ZZ
    abXyZZ
 0: ZZ
    ZZZ
 0: ZZ
    zZZ
 0: ZZ
    bZZ
 0: ZZ
    BZZ
 0: ZZ
    *** Failers
No match
    ZZ
No match
    abXYZZ
No match
    zzz
No match
    bzz
No match

/(?<!(foo)a)bar/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'b'
Need char = 'r'
    bar
 0: bar
    foobbar
 0: bar
    *** Failers
No match
    fooabar
No match

/This one is here because Perl 5.005_02 doesn't fail it/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = 't'

/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    *** Failers
No match
    a
No match

/This one is here because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets the setting of $1 wrong/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = 'g'

/^(a\1?){4}$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Max back reference = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aaaaaa
 0: aaaaaa
 1: aa

/These are syntax tests from Perl 5.005/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = '5'

/a[b-a]/
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 4

/a[]b/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/a[/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 2

/*a/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0

/(*)b/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/abc)/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 3

/(abc/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/a**/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 2

/)(/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/\1/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 2

/\2/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 2

/(a)|\2/
Failed: reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 6

/a[b-a]/Ii
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 4

/a[]b/Ii
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/a[/Ii
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 2

/*a/Ii
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0

/(*)b/Ii
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/abc)/Ii
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 3

/(abc/Ii
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/a**/Ii
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 2

/)(/Ii
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/:(?:/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/(?<%)b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (?< at offset 3

/a(?{)b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 3

/a(?{{})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 3

/a(?{}})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 3

/a(?{"{"})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 3

/a(?{"{"}})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? or (?- at offset 3

/(?(1?)a|b)/
Failed: malformed number or name after (?( at offset 4

/[a[:xyz:/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 8

/(?<=x+)y/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 6

/a{37,17}/
Failed: numbers out of order in {} quantifier at offset 7

/abc/\
Failed: \ at end of pattern at offset 4

/abc/\P
Failed: POSIX code 9: bad escape sequence at offset 4     

/abc/\i
Failed: \ at end of pattern at offset 4

/(a)bc(d)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'd'
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: a
 2: d
    abcd\C2
 0: abcd
 1: a
 2: d
 2C d (1)
    abcd\C5
 0: abcd
 1: a
 2: d
copy substring 5 failed -7

/(.{20})/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\C1
 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
 1C abcdefghijklmnopqrst (20)
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\G1
 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst
 1G abcdefghijklmnopqrst (20)

/(.{15})/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 0: abcdefghijklmno
 1: abcdefghijklmno
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\C1\G1
 0: abcdefghijklmno
 1: abcdefghijklmno
 1C abcdefghijklmno (15)
 1G abcdefghijklmno (15)

/(.{16})/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 0: abcdefghijklmnop
 1: abcdefghijklmnop
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\C1\G1\L
 0: abcdefghijklmnop
 1: abcdefghijklmnop
 1C abcdefghijklmnop (16)
 1G abcdefghijklmnop (16)
 0L abcdefghijklmnop
 1L abcdefghijklmnop

/^(a|(bc))de(f)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    adef\G1\G2\G3\G4\L
 0: adef
 1: a
 2: <unset>
 3: f
 1G a (1)
 2G  (0)
 3G f (1)
get substring 4 failed -7
 0L adef
 1L a
 2L 
 3L f
    bcdef\G1\G2\G3\G4\L
 0: bcdef
 1: bc
 2: bc
 3: f
 1G bc (2)
 2G bc (2)
 3G f (1)
get substring 4 failed -7
 0L bcdef
 1L bc
 2L bc
 3L f
    adefghijk\C0
 0: adef
 1: a
 2: <unset>
 3: f
 0C adef (4)

/^abc\00def/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    abc\00def\L\C0
 0: abc\x00def
 0C abc (7)
 0L abc

/word ((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+
)((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+
)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?otherword/I
Capturing subpattern count = 8
Contains explicit CR or LF match
No options
First char = 'w'
Need char = 'd'

/.*X/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Any*
        X
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'X'

/.*X/IDZs
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        AllAny*
        X
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored dotall
No first char
Need char = 'X'

/(.*X|^B)/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
        Any*
        X
        Alt
        ^
        B
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char at start or follows newline
No need char

/(.*X|^B)/IDZs
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
        AllAny*
        X
        Alt
        ^
        B
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored dotall
No first char
No need char

/(?s)(.*X|^B)/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
        AllAny*
        X
        Alt
        ^
        B
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored dotall
No first char
No need char

/(?s:.*X|^B)/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Bra
     04 Opt
        AllAny*
        X
        Alt
     04 Opt
        ^
        B
        Ket
     00 Opt
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/\Biss\B/I+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi

/\Biss\B/I+P
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi

/iss/IG+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi
 0: iss
 0+ ippi

/\Biss\B/IG+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi

/\Biss\B/Ig+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi
 0: iss
 0+ ippi
    *** Failers
No match
    Mississippi\A
No match

/(?<=[Ms])iss/Ig+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi
 0: iss
 0+ ippi

/(?<=[Ms])iss/IG+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'i'
Need char = 's'
    Mississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi

/^iss/Ig+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    ississippi
 0: iss
 0+ issippi

/.*iss/Ig+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 's'
    abciss\nxyzisspqr
 0: abciss
 0+ \x0axyzisspqr
 0: xyziss
 0+ pqr

/.i./I+g
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'i'
    Mississippi
 0: Mis
 0+ sissippi
 0: sis
 0+ sippi
 0: sip
 0+ pi
    Mississippi\A
 0: Mis
 0+ sissippi
 0: sis
 0+ sippi
 0: sip
 0+ pi
    Missouri river
 0: Mis
 0+ souri river
 0: ri 
 0+ river
 0: riv
 0+ er
    Missouri river\A
 0: Mis
 0+ souri river

/^.is/I+g
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    Mississippi
 0: Mis
 0+ sissippi

/^ab\n/Ig+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Contains explicit CR or LF match
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    ab\nab\ncd
 0: ab\x0a
 0+ ab\x0acd

/^ab\n/Img+
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Contains explicit CR or LF match
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 10
    ab\nab\ncd
 0: ab\x0a
 0+ ab\x0acd
 0: ab\x0a
 0+ cd

/abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'

/abc|bac/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/(abc|bac)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/(abc|(c|dc))/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/(abc|(d|de)c)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/a*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/a+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(baa|a+)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Need char = 'a'

/a{0,3}/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/baa{3,}/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'b'
Need char = 'a'

/"([^\\"]+|\\.)*"/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = '"'
Need char = '"'

/(abc|ab[cd])/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(a|.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/a|ba|\w/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/abc(?=pqr)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'r'

/...(?<=abc)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/abc(?!pqr)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'

/ab./I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/ab[xyz]/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/abc*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/ab.c*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/a.c*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/.c*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/ac*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(a.c*|b.c*)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/a.c*|aba/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/.+a/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'a'

/(?=abcda)a.*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'a'

/(?=a)a.*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/a(b)*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/a\d*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/ab\d*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/a(\d)*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/abcde{0,0}/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'd'

/ab\d+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/a(?(1)b)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/a(?(1)bag|big)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'g'

/a(?(1)bag|big)*(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/a(?(1)bag|big)+(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'g'

/a(?(1)b..|b..)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/ab\d{0}e/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'e'

/a?b?/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    a
 0: a
    b
 0: b
    ab
 0: ab
    \
 0: 
    *** Failers
 0: 
    \N
No match

/|-/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcd
 0: 
    -abc
 0: 
    \Nab-c
 0: -
    *** Failers
 0: 
    \Nabc
No match

/a*(b+)(z)(z)/P
    aaaabbbbzzzz
 0: aaaabbbbzz
 1: bbbb
 2: z
 3: z
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O0
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O1
 0: aaaabbbbzz
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O2
 0: aaaabbbbzz
 1: bbbb
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O3
 0: aaaabbbbzz
 1: bbbb
 2: z
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O4
 0: aaaabbbbzz
 1: bbbb
 2: z
 3: z
    aaaabbbbzzzz\O5
 0: aaaabbbbzz
 1: bbbb
 2: z
 3: z

/^.?abcd/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
Need char = 'd'
Study returned NULL

/\(             # ( at start
  (?:           # Non-capturing bracket
  (?>[^()]+)    # Either a sequence of non-brackets (no backtracking)
  |             # Or
  (?R)          # Recurse - i.e. nested bracketed string
  )*            # Zero or more contents
  \)            # Closing )
  /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (abcd)
 0: (abcd)
    (abcd)xyz
 0: (abcd)
    xyz(abcd)
 0: (abcd)
    (ab(xy)cd)pqr
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
    (ab(xycd)pqr
 0: (xycd)
    () abc ()
 0: ()
    12(abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno)89
 0: (abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno)
    *** Failers
No match
    abcd
No match
    abcd)
No match
    (abcd
No match

/\(  ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* \) /Ixg
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)pqr
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: cd
    1(abcd)(x(y)z)pqr
 0: (abcd)
 1: abcd
 0: (x(y)z)
 1: z

/\(  (?: (?>[^()]+) | (?R) ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (abcd)
 0: (abcd)
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (xy)
    (a(b(c)d)e)
 0: (c)
    ((ab))
 0: ((ab))
    *** Failers
No match
    ()
No match

/\(  (?: (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )? \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    ()
 0: ()
    12(abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno)89
 0: (fsh)

/\(  ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: cd

/\( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: ab(xy)cd
 2: cd

/\( (123)? ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: <unset>
 2: ab(xy)cd
 3: cd
    (123ab(xy)cd)
 0: (123ab(xy)cd)
 1: 123
 2: ab(xy)cd
 3: cd

/\( ( (123)? ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: ab(xy)cd
 2: <unset>
 3: cd
    (123ab(xy)cd)
 0: (123ab(xy)cd)
 1: 123ab(xy)cd
 2: 123
 3: cd

/\( (((((((((( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* )))))))))) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 11
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(xy)cd)
 0: (ab(xy)cd)
 1: ab(xy)cd
 2: ab(xy)cd
 3: ab(xy)cd
 4: ab(xy)cd
 5: ab(xy)cd
 6: ab(xy)cd
 7: ab(xy)cd
 8: ab(xy)cd
 9: ab(xy)cd
10: ab(xy)cd
11: cd

/\( ( ( (?>[^()<>]+) | ((?>[^()]+)) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (abcd(xyz<p>qrs)123)
 0: (abcd(xyz<p>qrs)123)
 1: abcd(xyz<p>qrs)123
 2: 123

/\( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | ((?R)) )* ) \) /Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: extended
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (ab(cd)ef)
 0: (ab(cd)ef)
 1: ab(cd)ef
 2: ef
 3: (cd)
    (ab(cd(ef)gh)ij)
 0: (ab(cd(ef)gh)ij)
 1: ab(cd(ef)gh)ij
 2: ij
 3: (cd(ef)gh)

/^[[:alnum:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [0-9A-Za-z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^alnum:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-/:-@[-`{-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:alpha:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [A-Za-z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^alpha:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-@[-`{-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/[_[:alpha:]]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 
  _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 

/^[[:ascii:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-\x7f]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^ascii:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x80-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:blank:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x09 ]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^blank:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f!-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/[\n\x0b\x0c\x0d[:blank:]]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Contains explicit CR or LF match
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 

/^[[:cntrl:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-\x1f\x7f]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:digit:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [0-9]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:graph:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [!-~]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:lower:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [a-z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:print:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [ -~]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:punct:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [!-/:-@[-`{-~]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:space:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x09-\x0d ]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:upper:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [A-Z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:xdigit:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [0-9A-Fa-f]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:word:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [0-9A-Z_a-z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^cntrl:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [ -~\x80-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[12[:^digit:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-/12:-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^[[:^blank:]]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        [\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f!-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/[01[:alpha:]%]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [%01A-Za-z]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/[[.ch.]]/I
Failed: POSIX collating elements are not supported at offset 1

/[[=ch=]]/I
Failed: POSIX collating elements are not supported at offset 1

/[[:rhubarb:]]/I
Failed: unknown POSIX class name at offset 3

/[[:upper:]]/Ii
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
    A
 0: A
    a
 0: a

/[[:lower:]]/Ii
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
    A
 0: A
    a
 0: a

/((?-i)[[:lower:]])[[:lower:]]/Ii
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a
    aB
 0: aB
 1: a
    *** Failers
 0: ai
 1: a
    Ab
No match
    AB
No match

/[\200-\110]/I
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 9

/^(?(0)f|b)oo/I
Failed: invalid condition (?(0) at offset 6

/This one's here because of the large output vector needed/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = 'd'

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Capturing subpattern count = 271
Max back reference = 270
No options
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No need char
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/This one's here because Perl does this differently and PCRE can't at present/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = 't'

/(main(O)?)+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char = 'm'
Need char = 'n'
    mainmain
 0: mainmain
 1: main
    mainOmain
 0: mainOmain
 1: main
 2: O

/These are all cases where Perl does it differently (nested captures)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'T'
Need char = 's'

/^(a(b)?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aba
 0: aba
 1: a
 2: b

/^(aa(bb)?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: aa
 2: bb

/^(aa|aa(bb))+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: aa
 2: bb

/^(aa(bb)??)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: aa
 2: bb

/^(?:aa(bb)?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: bb

/^(aa(b(b))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: aa
 2: bb
 3: b

/^(?:aa(b(b))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: bb
 2: b

/^(?:aa(b(?:b))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: bb

/^(?:aa(bb(?:b))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbbaa
 0: aabbbaa
 1: bbb

/^(?:aa(b(?:bb))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbbaa
 0: aabbbaa
 1: bbb

/^(?:aa(?:b(b))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbaa
 0: aabbaa
 1: b

/^(?:aa(?:b(bb))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbbaa
 0: aabbbaa
 1: bb

/^(aa(b(bb))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbbaa
 0: aabbbaa
 1: aa
 2: bbb
 3: bb

/^(aa(bb(bb))?)+$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    aabbbbaa
 0: aabbbbaa
 1: aa
 2: bbbb
 3: bb

/--------------------------------------------------------------------/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '-'
Need char = '-'

/#/IxDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
No first char
No need char

/a#/IxDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        a
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
First char = 'a'
No need char

/[\s]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [\x09\x0a\x0c\x0d ]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/[\S]/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [\x00-\x08\x0b\x0e-\x1f!-\xff] (neg)
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/a(?i)b/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        a
     01 Opt
     NC b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
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Need char = 'b' (caseless)
    ab
 0: ab
    aB
 0: aB
    *** Failers
No match
    AB
No match

/(a(?i)b)/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
        a
     01 Opt
     NC b
        Ket
     00 Opt
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
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Need char = 'b' (caseless)
    ab
 0: ab
 1: ab
    aB
 0: aB
 1: aB
    *** Failers
No match
    AB
No match

/   (?i)abc/IxDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
     NC abc
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless extended
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Need char = 'c' (caseless)

/#this is a comment
  (?i)abc/IxDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
     NC abc
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless extended
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Need char = 'c' (caseless)

/123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
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        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
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Need char = '0'

/\Q123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
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        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
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/\Q\E/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
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No need char
    \
 0: 

/\Q\Ex/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'x'
No need char

/ \Q\E/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
         
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
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No need char

/a\Q\E/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        a
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
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  abc
 0: a
  bca
 0: a
  bac
 0: a

/a\Q\Eb/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ab
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
  abc
 0: ab

/\Q\Eabc/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        abc
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
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Need char = 'c'

/x*+\w/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x*+
        \w
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
    *** Failers
 0: F
    xxxxx
No match

/x?+/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x?+
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/x++/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x++
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'x'
No need char

/x{1,3}+/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Once
        x
        x{0,2}
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'x'
No need char

/(x)*+/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Once
        Brazero
        CBra 1
        x
        KetRmax
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/^(\w++|\s++)*$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
 0: now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
 1: party
    *** Failers
No match
    this is not a line with only words and spaces!
No match

/(\d++)(\w)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
No first char
No need char
    12345a
 0: 12345a
 1: 12345
 2: a
    *** Failers
No match
    12345+
No match

/a++b/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
    aaab
 0: aaab

/(a++b)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaab

/(a++)b/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaa

/([^()]++|\([^()]*\))+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    ((abc(ade)ufh()()x
 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x
 1: x

/\(([^()]++|\([^()]+\))+\)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = '('
Need char = ')'
    (abc)
 0: (abc)
 1: abc
    (abc(def)xyz)
 0: (abc(def)xyz)
 1: xyz
    *** Failers
No match
    ((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match

/(abc){1,3}+/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        Once
        CBra 1
        abc
        Ket
        Brazero
        Bra
        CBra 1
        abc
        Ket
        Brazero
        CBra 1
        abc
        Ket
        Ket
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
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Need char = 'c'

/a+?+/I
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 3

/a{2,3}?+b/I
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 7

/(?U)a+?+/I
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 7

/a{2,3}?+b/IU
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 7

/x(?U)a++b/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x
        a++
        b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'x'
Need char = 'b'
    xaaaab
 0: xaaaab

/(?U)xa++b/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        x
        a++
        b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = 'x'
Need char = 'b'
    xaaaab
 0: xaaaab

/^((a+)(?U)([ab]+)(?-U)([bc]+)(\w*))/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        CBra 1
        CBra 2
        a+
        Ket
        CBra 3
        [ab]+?
        Ket
        CBra 4
        [bc]+
        Ket
        CBra 5
        \w*
        Ket
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 5
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/^x(?U)a+b/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        x
        a++
        b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
Need char = 'b'

/^x(?U)(a+)b/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        ^
        x
        CBra 1
        a+?
        Ket
        b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
Need char = 'b'

/[.x.]/I
Failed: POSIX collating elements are not supported at offset 0

/[=x=]/I
Failed: POSIX collating elements are not supported at offset 0

/[:x:]/I
Failed: POSIX named classes are supported only within a class at offset 0

/\l/I
Failed: PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N, \U, or \u at offset 1

/\L/I
Failed: PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N, \U, or \u at offset 1

/\N{name}/I
Failed: PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N, \U, or \u at offset 1

/\u/I
Failed: PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N, \U, or \u at offset 1

/\U/I
Failed: PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N, \U, or \u at offset 1

/[/I
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 1

/[a-/I
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 3

/[[:space:]/I
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 10

/[\s]/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [\x09\x0a\x0c\x0d ]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/[[:space:]]/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [\x09-\x0d ]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/[[:space:]abcde]/IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        [\x09-\x0d a-e]
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/< (?: (?(R) \d++  | [^<>]*+) | (?R)) * >/Ix
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: extended
First char = '<'
Need char = '>'
    <>
 0: <>
    <abcd>
 0: <abcd>
    <abc <123> hij>
 0: <abc <123> hij>
    <abc <def> hij>
 0: <def>
    <abc<>def>
 0: <abc<>def>
    <abc<>
 0: <>
    *** Failers
No match
    <abc
No match

|8J\$WE\<\.rX\+ix\[d1b\!H\#\?vV0vrK\:ZH1\=2M\>iV\;\?aPhFB\<\*vW\@QW\@sO9\}cfZA\-i\'w\%hKd6gt1UJP\,15_\#QY\$M\^Mss_U\/\]\&LK9\[5vQub\^w\[KDD\<EjmhUZ\?\.akp2dF\>qmj\;2\}YWFdYx\.Ap\]hjCPTP\(n28k\+3\;o\&WXqs\/gOXdr\$\:r\'do0\;b4c\(f_Gr\=\"\\4\)\[01T7ajQJvL\$W\~mL_sS\/4h\:x\*\[ZN\=KLs\&L5zX\/\/\>it\,o\:aU\(\;Z\>pW\&T7oP\'2K\^E\:x9\'c\[\%z\-\,64JQ5AeH_G\#KijUKghQw\^\\vea3a\?kka_G\$8\#\`\*kynsxzBLru\'\]k_\[7FrVx\}\^\=\$blx\>s\-N\%j\;D\*aZDnsw\:YKZ\%Q\.Kne9\#hP\?\+b3\(SOvL\,\^\;\&u5\@\?5C5Bhb\=m\-vEh_L15Jl\]U\)0RP6\{q\%L\^_z5E\'Dw6X\b|IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        8J$WE<.rX+ix[d1b!H#?vV0vrK:ZH1=2M>iV;?aPhFB<*vW@QW@sO9}cfZA-i'w%hKd6gt1UJP,15_#QY$M^Mss_U/]&LK9[5vQub^w[KDD<EjmhUZ?.akp2dF>qmj;2}YWFdYx.Ap]hjCPTP(n28k+3;o&WXqs/gOXdr$:r'do0;b4c(f_Gr="\4)[01T7ajQJvL$W~mL_sS/4h:x*[ZN=KLs&L5zX//>it,o:aU(;Z>pW&T7oP'2K^E:x9'c[%z-,64JQ5AeH_G#KijUKghQw^\vea3a?kka_G$8#`*kynsxzBLru']k_[7FrVx}^=$blx>s-N%j;D*aZDnsw:YKZ%Q.Kne9#hP?+b3(SOvL,^;&u5@?5C5Bhb=m-vEh_L15Jl]U)0RP6{q%L^_z5E'Dw6X
        \b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '8'
Need char = 'X'

|\$\<\.X\+ix\[d1b\!H\#\?vV0vrK\:ZH1\=2M\>iV\;\?aPhFB\<\*vW\@QW\@sO9\}cfZA\-i\'w\%hKd6gt1UJP\,15_\#QY\$M\^Mss_U\/\]\&LK9\[5vQub\^w\[KDD\<EjmhUZ\?\.akp2dF\>qmj\;2\}YWFdYx\.Ap\]hjCPTP\(n28k\+3\;o\&WXqs\/gOXdr\$\:r\'do0\;b4c\(f_Gr\=\"\\4\)\[01T7ajQJvL\$W\~mL_sS\/4h\:x\*\[ZN\=KLs\&L5zX\/\/\>it\,o\:aU\(\;Z\>pW\&T7oP\'2K\^E\:x9\'c\[\%z\-\,64JQ5AeH_G\#KijUKghQw\^\\vea3a\?kka_G\$8\#\`\*kynsxzBLru\'\]k_\[7FrVx\}\^\=\$blx\>s\-N\%j\;D\*aZDnsw\:YKZ\%Q\.Kne9\#hP\?\+b3\(SOvL\,\^\;\&u5\@\?5C5Bhb\=m\-vEh_L15Jl\]U\)0RP6\{q\%L\^_z5E\'Dw6X\b|IDZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        $<.X+ix[d1b!H#?vV0vrK:ZH1=2M>iV;?aPhFB<*vW@QW@sO9}cfZA-i'w%hKd6gt1UJP,15_#QY$M^Mss_U/]&LK9[5vQub^w[KDD<EjmhUZ?.akp2dF>qmj;2}YWFdYx.Ap]hjCPTP(n28k+3;o&WXqs/gOXdr$:r'do0;b4c(f_Gr="\4)[01T7ajQJvL$W~mL_sS/4h:x*[ZN=KLs&L5zX//>it,o:aU(;Z>pW&T7oP'2K^E:x9'c[%z-,64JQ5AeH_G#KijUKghQw^\vea3a?kka_G$8#`*kynsxzBLru']k_[7FrVx}^=$blx>s-N%j;D*aZDnsw:YKZ%Q.Kne9#hP?+b3(SOvL,^;&u5@?5C5Bhb=m-vEh_L15Jl]U)0RP6{q%L^_z5E'Dw6X
        \b
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '$'
Need char = 'X'

/(.*)\d+\1/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Max back reference = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/(.*)\d+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char at start or follows newline
No need char

/(.*)\d+\1/Is
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Max back reference = 1
Options: dotall
No first char
No need char

/(.*)\d+/Is
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored dotall
No first char
No need char

/(.*(xyz))\d+\2/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Max back reference = 2
No options
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'z'

/((.*))\d+\1/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
Max back reference = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    abc123bc
 0: bc123bc
 1: bc
 2: bc

/a[b]/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/(?=a).*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(?=abc).xyz/IiI
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
First char = 'a' (caseless)
Need char = 'z' (caseless)

/(?=abc)(?i).xyz/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'z' (caseless)

/(?=a)(?=b)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(?=.)a/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/((?=abcda)a)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'a'

/((?=abcda)ab)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/()a/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Need char = 'a'

/(?(1)ab|ac)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(?(1)abz|acz)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'z'

/(?(1)abz)(.)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/(?(1)abz)(1)23/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Need char = '3'

/(a)+/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/(a){2,3}/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'a'

/(a)*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char

/[a]/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
No need char

/[ab]/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/[ab]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b 

/[^a]/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char

/\d456/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = '6'

/\d456/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = '6'
Starting byte set: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

/a^b/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/^a/Im
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows newline
Need char = 'a'
  abcde
 0: a
  xy\nabc
 0: a
  *** Failers
No match
  xyabc
No match

/c|abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'c'

/(?i)[ab]/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: A B a b 

/[ab](?i)cd/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'd' (caseless)
Starting byte set: a b 

/abc(?C)def/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'f'
    abcdef
--->abcdef
  0 ^  ^       d
 0: abcdef
    1234abcdef
--->1234abcdef
  0     ^  ^       d
 0: abcdef
    *** Failers
No match
    abcxyz
No match
    abcxyzf
--->abcxyzf
  0 ^  ^        d
No match

/abc(?C)de(?C1)f/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'f'
    123abcdef
--->123abcdef
  0    ^  ^       d
  1    ^    ^     f
 0: abcdef

/(?C1)\dabc(?C2)def/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Need char = 'f'
    1234abcdef
--->1234abcdef
  1 ^              \d
  1  ^             \d
  1   ^            \d
  1    ^           \d
  2    ^   ^       d
 0: 4abcdef
    *** Failers
No match
    abcdef
--->abcdef
  1 ^          \d
  1  ^         \d
  1   ^        \d
  1    ^       \d
  1     ^      \d
  1      ^     \d
No match

/(?C255)ab/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/(?C256)ab/I
Failed: number after (?C is > 255 at offset 6

/(?Cab)xx/I
Failed: closing ) for (?C expected at offset 3

/(?C12vr)x/I
Failed: closing ) for (?C expected at offset 5

/abc(?C)def/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'f'
    *** Failers
No match
    \x83\x0\x61bcdef
--->\x83\x00abcdef
  0         ^  ^       d
 0: abcdef

/(abc)(?C)de(?C1)f/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'f'
    123abcdef
--->123abcdef
  0    ^  ^       d
  1    ^    ^     f
 0: abcdef
 1: abc
    123abcdef\C+
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: abc
--->123abcdef
       ^  ^       d
Callout 1: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: abc
--->123abcdef
       ^    ^     f
 0: abcdef
 1: abc
    123abcdef\C-
 0: abcdef
 1: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    123abcdef\C!1
--->123abcdef
  0    ^  ^       d
  1    ^    ^     f
No match

/(?C0)(abc(?C1))*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    abcabcabc
--->abcabcabc
  0 ^             (abc(?C1))*
  1 ^  ^          )
  1 ^     ^       )
  1 ^        ^    )
 0: abcabcabc
 1: abc
    abcabc\C!1!3
--->abcabc
  0 ^          (abc(?C1))*
  1 ^  ^       )
  1 ^     ^    )
 0: abcabc
 1: abc
    *** Failers
--->*** Failers
  0 ^               (abc(?C1))*
 0: 
    abcabcabc\C!1!3
--->abcabcabc
  0 ^             (abc(?C1))*
  1 ^  ^          )
  1 ^     ^       )
  1 ^        ^    )
 0: abcabc
 1: abc

/(\d{3}(?C))*/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
No need char
    123\C+
Callout 0: last capture = -1
 0: <unset>
--->123
    ^  ^    )
 0: 123
 1: 123
    123456\C+
Callout 0: last capture = -1
 0: <unset>
--->123456
    ^  ^       )
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: 123
--->123456
    ^     ^    )
 0: 123456
 1: 456
    123456789\C+
Callout 0: last capture = -1
 0: <unset>
--->123456789
    ^  ^          )
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: 123
--->123456789
    ^     ^       )
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: 456
--->123456789
    ^        ^    )
 0: 123456789
 1: 789

/((xyz)(?C)p|(?C1)xyzabc)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char = 'x'
No need char
    xyzabc\C+
Callout 0: last capture = 2
 0: <unset>
 1: <unset>
 2: xyz
--->xyzabc
    ^  ^       p
Callout 1: last capture = -1
 0: <unset>
--->xyzabc
    ^          x
 0: xyzabc
 1: xyzabc

/(X)((xyz)(?C)p|(?C1)xyzabc)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
No options
First char = 'X'
Need char = 'x'
    Xxyzabc\C+
Callout 0: last capture = 3
 0: <unset>
 1: X
 2: <unset>
 3: xyz
--->Xxyzabc
    ^   ^       p
Callout 1: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: X
--->Xxyzabc
    ^^          x
 0: Xxyzabc
 1: X
 2: xyzabc

/(?=(abc))(?C)abcdef/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'f'
    abcdef\C+
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: abc
--->abcdef
    ^          a
 0: abcdef
 1: abc

/(?!(abc)(?C1)d)(?C2)abcxyz/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'z'
    abcxyz\C+
Callout 1: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: abc
--->abcxyz
    ^  ^       d
Callout 2: last capture = -1
 0: <unset>
--->abcxyz
    ^          a
 0: abcxyz

/(?<=(abc)(?C))xyz/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'x'
Need char = 'z'
   abcxyz\C+
Callout 0: last capture = 1
 0: <unset>
 1: abc
--->abcxyz
       ^       )
 0: xyz
 1: abc

/a(b+)(c*)(?C1)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
    abbbbbccc\C*1
--->abbbbbccc
  1 ^        ^    
Callout data = 1
  1 ^       ^     
Callout data = 1
  1 ^      ^      
Callout data = 1
  1 ^     ^       
Callout data = 1
  1 ^    ^        
Callout data = 1
  1 ^   ^         
Callout data = 1
  1 ^  ^          
Callout data = 1
  1 ^ ^           
Callout data = 1
No match

/a(b+?)(c*?)(?C1)/I
Capturing subpattern count = 2
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'
    abbbbbccc\C*1
--->abbbbbccc
  1 ^ ^           
Callout data = 1
  1 ^  ^          
Callout data = 1
  1 ^   ^         
Callout data = 1
  1 ^    ^        
Callout data = 1
  1 ^     ^       
Callout data = 1
  1 ^      ^      
Callout data = 1
  1 ^       ^     
Callout data = 1
  1 ^        ^    
Callout data = 1
No match

/(?C)abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'c'

/(?C)^abc/I
Capturing subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char

/(?C)a|b/IS
Capturing subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
No need char
Starting byte set: a b 

/(?R)/I
Failed: recursive call could loop indefinitely at offset 3

/(a|(?R))/I
Failed: recursive call could loop indefinitely at offset 6

/(ab|(bc|(de|(?R))))/I
Failed: recursive call could loop indefinitely at offset 15

/x(ab|(bc|(de|(?R))))/I
Capturing subpattern count = 3
No options
First char = 'x'
No need char
    xab
 0: xab
 1: ab
    xbc
 0: xbc
 1: bc
 2: bc
    xde
 0: xde
 1: de
 2: de
 3: de
    xxab
 0: xxab
 1: xab
 2: xab
 3: xab
    xxxab
 0: xxxab
 1: xxab
 2: xxab
 3: xxab
    *** Failers
No match
    xyab
No match

/(ab|(bc|(de|(?1))))/I
Failed: recursive call could loop indefinitely at offset 15

/x(ab|(bc|(de|(?1)x)x)x)/I
Failed: recursive call could loop indefinitely at offset 16

/^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
No need char
    abc
 0: abc
 1: c
    a(b)c
 0: a(b)c
 1: c
    a(b(c))d
 0: a(b(c))d
 1: d
    *** Failers)
No match
    a(b(c)d
No match

/^>abc>([^()]|\((?1)*\))*<xyz<$/I
Capturing subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
Need char = '<'
   >abc>123<xyz<
 0: >abc>123<xyz<
 1: 3
   >abc>1(2)3<xyz<
 0: >abc>1(2)3<xyz<
 1: 3
   >abc>(1(2)3)<xyz<
 0: >abc>(1(2)3)<xyz<
 1: (1(2)3)

/(a(?1)b)/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1
        a
        Once
        Recurse
        Ket
        b
        Ket
        Ket
        End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Capturing subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'
Need char = 'b'

/(a(?1)+b)/DZ
------------------------------------------------------------------
        Bra
        CBra 1