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        !             3: <title>pcre_study specification</title>
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        !             6: <h1>pcre_study man page</h1>
        !             7: <p>
        !             8: Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.
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        !            11: This page is part of the PCRE HTML documentation. It was generated automatically
        !            12: from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the
        !            13: man page, in case the conversion went wrong.
        !            14: <br>
        !            15: <br><b>
        !            16: SYNOPSIS
        !            17: </b><br>
        !            18: <P>
        !            19: <b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
        !            20: </P>
        !            21: <P>
        !            22: <b>pcre_extra *pcre_study(const pcre *<i>code</i>, int <i>options</i>,</b>
        !            23: <b>const char **<i>errptr</i>);</b>
        !            24: </P>
        !            25: <br><b>
        !            26: DESCRIPTION
        !            27: </b><br>
        !            28: <P>
        !            29: This function studies a compiled pattern, to see if additional information can
        !            30: be extracted that might speed up matching. Its arguments are:
        !            31: <pre>
        !            32:   <i>code</i>       A compiled regular expression
        !            33:   <i>options</i>    Options for <b>pcre_study()</b>
        !            34:   <i>errptr</i>     Where to put an error message
        !            35: </pre>
        !            36: If the function succeeds, it returns a value that can be passed to
        !            37: <b>pcre_exec()</b> or <b>pcre_dfa_exec()</b> via their <i>extra</i> arguments.
        !            38: </P>
        !            39: <P>
        !            40: If the function returns NULL, either it could not find any additional
        !            41: information, or there was an error. You can tell the difference by looking at
        !            42: the error value. It is NULL in first case.
        !            43: </P>
        !            44: <P>
        !            45: The only option is PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE. It requests just-in-time compilation
        !            46: if possible. If PCRE has been compiled without JIT support, this option is
        !            47: ignored. See the
        !            48: <a href="pcrejit.html"><b>pcrejit</b></a>
        !            49: page for further details.
        !            50: </P>
        !            51: <P>
        !            52: There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the
        !            53: <a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a>
        !            54: page and a description of the POSIX API in the
        !            55: <a href="pcreposix.html"><b>pcreposix</b></a>
        !            56: page.
        !            57: <p>
        !            58: Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.
        !            59: </p>

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