--- embedaddon/pcre/doc/pcresyntax.3 2012/02/21 23:05:52 1.1 +++ embedaddon/pcre/doc/pcresyntax.3 2012/10/09 09:19:17 1.1.1.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PCRESYNTAX 3 +.TH PCRESYNTAX 3 "10 January 2012" "PCRE 8.30" .SH NAME PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions .SH "PCRE REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX SUMMARY" @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ PCRE are described in the .\" HREF \fBpcrepattern\fP .\" -documentation. This document contains just a quick-reference summary of the -syntax. +documentation. This document contains a quick-reference summary of the syntax. . . .SH "QUOTING" @@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ syntax. \ea alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07) \ecx "control-x", where x is any ASCII character \ee escape (hex 1B) - \ef formfeed (hex 0C) + \ef form feed (hex 0C) \en newline (hex 0A) \er carriage return (hex 0D) \et tab (hex 09) @@ -40,25 +39,25 @@ syntax. .sp . any character except newline; in dotall mode, any character whatsoever - \eC one byte, even in UTF-8 mode (best avoided) + \eC one data unit, even in UTF mode (best avoided) \ed a decimal digit \eD a character that is not a decimal digit - \eh a horizontal whitespace character - \eH a character that is not a horizontal whitespace character + \eh a horizontal white space character + \eH a character that is not a horizontal white space character \eN a character that is not a newline \ep{\fIxx\fP} a character with the \fIxx\fP property \eP{\fIxx\fP} a character without the \fIxx\fP property \eR a newline sequence - \es a whitespace character - \eS a character that is not a whitespace character - \ev a vertical whitespace character - \eV a character that is not a vertical whitespace character + \es a white space character + \eS a character that is not a white space character + \ev a vertical white space character + \eV a character that is not a vertical white space character \ew a "word" character \eW a "non-word" character \eX an extended Unicode sequence .sp In PCRE, by default, \ed, \eD, \es, \eS, \ew, and \eW recognize only ASCII -characters, even in UTF-8 mode. However, this can be changed by setting the +characters, even in a UTF mode. However, this can be changed by setting the PCRE_UCP option. . . @@ -128,13 +127,16 @@ Armenian, Avestan, Balinese, Bamum, +Batak, Bengali, Bopomofo, +Brahmi, Braille, Buginese, Buhid, Canadian_Aboriginal, Carian, +Chakma, Cham, Cherokee, Common, @@ -177,7 +179,11 @@ Lisu, Lycian, Lydian, Malayalam, +Mandaic, Meetei_Mayek, +Meroitic_Cursive, +Meroitic_Hieroglyphs, +Miao, Mongolian, Myanmar, New_Tai_Lue, @@ -196,8 +202,10 @@ Rejang, Runic, Samaritan, Saurashtra, +Sharada, Shavian, Sinhala, +Sora_Sompeng, Sundanese, Syloti_Nagri, Syriac, @@ -206,6 +214,7 @@ Tagbanwa, Tai_Le, Tai_Tham, Tai_Viet, +Takri, Tamil, Telugu, Thaana, @@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ Yi. lower lower case letter print printing, including space punct printing, excluding alphanumeric - space whitespace + space white space upper upper case letter word same as \ew xdigit hexadecimal digit @@ -337,7 +346,8 @@ The following are recognized only at the start of a pa newline-setting options with similar syntax: .sp (*NO_START_OPT) no start-match optimization (PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE) - (*UTF8) set UTF-8 mode (PCRE_UTF8) + (*UTF8) set UTF-8 mode: 8-bit library (PCRE_UTF8) + (*UTF16) set UTF-16 mode: 16-bit library (PCRE_UTF16) (*UCP) set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \ed etc) . . @@ -411,6 +421,7 @@ The following act immediately they are reached: .sp (*ACCEPT) force successful match (*FAIL) force backtrack; synonym (*F) + (*MARK:NAME) set name to be passed back; synonym (*:NAME) .sp The following act only when a subsequent match failure causes a backtrack to reach them. They all force a match failure, but they differ in what happens @@ -419,15 +430,19 @@ pattern is not anchored. .sp (*COMMIT) overall failure, no advance of starting point (*PRUNE) advance to next starting character - (*SKIP) advance start to current matching position + (*PRUNE:NAME) equivalent to (*MARK:NAME)(*PRUNE) + (*SKIP) advance to current matching position + (*SKIP:NAME) advance to position corresponding to an earlier + (*MARK:NAME); if not found, the (*SKIP) is ignored (*THEN) local failure, backtrack to next alternation + (*THEN:NAME) equivalent to (*MARK:NAME)(*THEN) . . .SH "NEWLINE CONVENTIONS" .rs .sp These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after a -(*BSR_...) or (*UTF8) or (*UCP) option. +(*BSR_...), (*UTF8), (*UTF16) or (*UCP) option. .sp (*CR) carriage return only (*LF) linefeed only @@ -440,7 +455,7 @@ These are recognized only at the very start of the pat .rs .sp These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after a -(*...) option that sets the newline convention or UTF-8 or UCP mode. +(*...) option that sets the newline convention or a UTF or UCP mode. .sp (*BSR_ANYCRLF) CR, LF, or CRLF (*BSR_UNICODE) any Unicode newline sequence @@ -474,6 +489,6 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. .rs .sp .nf -Last updated: 21 November 2010 -Copyright (c) 1997-2010 University of Cambridge. +Last updated: 10 January 2012 +Copyright (c) 1997-2012 University of Cambridge. .fi