PCRE2_GET_MARK(3) Introduction to Library Functions PCRE2_GET_MARK(3)

NAME

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcre2.h>

PCRE2_SPTR pcre2_get_mark(pcre2_match_data *match_data);

DESCRIPTION

After a call of pcre2_match() that was passed the match block that is
this function's argument, this function returns a pointer to the last
(*MARK), (*PRUNE), or (*THEN) name that was encountered during the
matching process. The name is zero-terminated, and is within the
compiled pattern. The length of the name is in the preceding code
unit. If no name is available, NULL is returned.

After a successful match, the name that is returned is the last one
on the matching path. After a failed match or a partial match, the
last encountered name is returned.

There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix
page.

PCRE2 10.45 13 January 2018 PCRE2_GET_MARK(3)