From 582b500cd996c96054615870fd13d6ab0ea77428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Berkenbilt
+#include <pcre.h>
+
+int pcre_fullinfo(const pcre *code, const pcre_extra *extra,
+int what, void *where);
+
+This function returns information about a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
+
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+
+ code Compiled regular expression
+ extra Result of pcre_study() or NULL
+ what What information is required
+ where Where to put the information
+
+
+The following information is available: +
++
+ PCRE_INFO_BACKREFMAX Number of highest back reference + PCRE_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT Number of capturing subpatterns + PCRE_INFO_FIRSTBYTE Fixed first byte for a match, or + -1 for start of string + or after newline, or + -2 otherwise + PCRE_INFO_FIRSTTABLE Table of first bytes + (after studying) + PCRE_INFO_LASTLITERAL Literal last byte required + PCRE_INFO_NAMECOUNT Number of named subpatterns + PCRE_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE Size of name table entry + PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE Pointer to name table + PCRE_INFO_OPTIONS Options used for compilation + PCRE_INFO_SIZE Size of compiled pattern ++ +
+The yield of the function is zero on success or: +
++
+ PCRE_ERROR_NULL the argument code was NULL + the argument where was NULL + PCRE_ERROR_BADMAGIC the "magic number" was not found + PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION the value of what was invalid ++ +
+There is a complete description of the PCRE API in the +pcreapi +page. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf