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.TH PCRE_DFA_EXEC 3
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre.h>
.PP
.SM
.br
.B int pcre_dfa_exec(const pcre *\fIcode\fP, "const pcre_extra *\fIextra\fP,"
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.B "const char *\fIsubject\fP," int \fIlength\fP, int \fIstartoffset\fP,
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.B int \fIoptions\fP, int *\fIovector\fP, int \fIovecsize\fP,
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.B int *\fIworkspace\fP, int \fIwscount\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject
string, using a DFA matching algorithm (\fInot\fP Perl-compatible). Note that
the main, Perl-compatible, matching function is \fBpcre_exec()\fP. The
arguments for this function are:
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\fIcode\fP Points to the compiled pattern
\fIextra\fP Points to an associated \fBpcre_extra\fP structure,
or is NULL
\fIsubject\fP Points to the subject string
\fIlength\fP Length of the subject string, in bytes
\fIstartoffset\fP Offset in bytes in the subject at which to
start matching
\fIoptions\fP Option bits
\fIovector\fP Points to a vector of ints for result offsets
\fIovecsize\fP Number of elements in the vector
\fIworkspace\fP Points to a vector of ints used as working space
\fIwscount\fP Number of elements in the vector
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The options are:
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PCRE_ANCHORED Match only at the first position
PCRE_NEWLINE_CR Set CR as the newline sequence
PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF Set CRLF as the newline sequence
PCRE_NEWLINE_LF Set LF as the newline sequence
PCRE_NOTBOL Subject is not the beginning of a line
PCRE_NOTEOL Subject is not the end of a line
PCRE_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match
PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF-8
validity (only relevant if PCRE_UTF8
was set at compile time)
PCRE_PARTIAL Return PCRE_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match
PCRE_DFA_SHORTEST Return only the shortest match
PCRE_DFA_RESTART This is a restart after a partial match
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There are restrictions on what may appear in a pattern when matching using the
DFA algorithm is requested. Details are given in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcrematching\fP
.\"
documentation.
.P
A \fBpcre_extra\fP structure contains the following fields:
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\fIflags\fP Bits indicating which fields are set
\fIstudy_data\fP Opaque data from \fBpcre_study()\fP
\fImatch_limit\fP Limit on internal resource use
\fImatch_limit_recursion\fP Limit on internal recursion depth
\fIcallout_data\fP Opaque data passed back to callouts
\fItables\fP Points to character tables or is NULL
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The flag bits are PCRE_EXTRA_STUDY_DATA, PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT,
PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION, PCRE_EXTRA_CALLOUT_DATA, and
PCRE_EXTRA_TABLES. For DFA matching, the \fImatch_limit\fP and
\fImatch_limit_recursion\fP fields are not used, and must not be set.
.P
There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcreapi\fP
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
.\" HREF
\fBpcreposix\fP
.\"
page.