--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/index.html.src 2012/02/21 23:05:51 1.1.1.1 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/index.html.src 2013/07/22 08:25:56 1.1.1.4 @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@

Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)

-The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the following pages: +The HTML documentation for PCRE consists of a number of pages that are listed +below in alphabetical order. If you are new to PCRE, please read the first one +first.

@@ -21,11 +23,17 @@ The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the followin + + + + + + - + @@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the followin - + @@ -79,12 +87,13 @@ The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the followin - +
pcre-config   Information about the installation configuration
pcre16  Discussion of the 16-bit PCRE library
pcre32  Discussion of the 32-bit PCRE library
pcreapi   PCRE's native API
pcrebuild  Options for building PCRE
  Building PCRE
pcrecallout   The callout facility
  Some comments on performance
pcreposix  The POSIX API to the PCRE library
  The POSIX API to the PCRE 8-bit library
pcreprecompile   How to save and re-use compiled patterns
  The pcretest command for testing PCRE
pcreunicode  Discussion of Unicode and UTF-8 support
  Discussion of Unicode and UTF-8/UTF-16/UTF-32 support

-There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function -in the library: +There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function +in the library. There is a single page for each triple of 8-bit/16-bit/32-bit +functions.

@@ -111,13 +120,13 @@ in the library: - - - + + + @@ -133,14 +142,17 @@ in the library: + + + - - + + @@ -151,11 +163,20 @@ in the library: + + + + + + + + +
  Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (DFA algorithm; not Perl compatible)
pcre_free_study  Free study data
pcre_exec   Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (Perl compatible)
pcre_free_study  Free study data
pcre_free_substring   Free extracted substring
pcre_get_stringnumber   Convert captured string name to number
pcre_get_stringtable_entries  Find table entries for given string name
pcre_get_substring   Extract numbered substring into new memory
pcre_get_substring_list   Extract all substrings into new memory
pcre_info  Obsolete information extraction function
pcre_jit_exec  Fast path interface to JIT matching
pcre_jit_stack_alloc   Create a stack for JIT matching
pcre_maketables   Build character tables in current locale
pcre_pattern_to_host_byte_order  Convert compiled pattern to host byte order if necessary
pcre_refcount   Maintain reference count in compiled pattern
pcre_study   Study a compiled pattern
pcre_utf16_to_host_byte_order  Convert UTF-16 string to host byte order if necessary
pcre_utf32_to_host_byte_order  Convert UTF-32 string to host byte order if necessary
pcre_version   Return PCRE version and release date