--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrepartial.html 2013/07/22 08:25:57 1.1.1.4 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/html/pcrepartial.html 2014/06/15 19:46:05 1.1.1.5 @@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ not retain the previously partially-matched string. It program to do that if it needs to.

+That means that, for an unanchored pattern, if a continued match fails, it is +not possible to try again at a new starting point. All this facility is capable +of doing is continuing with the previous match attempt. In the previous +example, if the second set of data is "ug23" the result is no match, even +though there would be a match for "aug23" if the entire string were given at +once. Depending on the application, this may or may not be what you want. +The only way to allow for starting again at the next character is to retain the +matched part of the subject and try a new complete match. +

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You can set the PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT or PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD options with PCRE_DFA_RESTART to continue partial matching over multiple segments. This facility can be used to pass very long subject strings to the DFA matching @@ -490,7 +500,7 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.


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