Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)
The HTML documentation for PCRE comprises the following pages:
| pcre | Introductory page |
| pcre-config | Information about the installation configuration |
| pcreapi | PCRE's native API |
| pcrebuild | Options for building PCRE |
| pcrecallout | The callout facility |
| pcrecompat | Compability with Perl |
| pcrecpp | The C++ wrapper for the PCRE library |
| pcregrep | The pcregrep command |
| pcrematching | Discussion of the two matching algorithms |
| pcrepartial | Using PCRE for partial matching |
| pcrepattern | Specification of the regular expressions supported by PCRE |
| pcreperform | Some comments on performance |
| pcreposix | The POSIX API to the PCRE library |
| pcreprecompile | How to save and re-use compiled patterns |
| pcresample | Description of the sample program |
| pcrestack | Discussion of PCRE's stack usage |
| pcresyntax | Syntax quick-reference summary |
| pcretest | The pcretest command for testing PCRE |
There are also individual pages that summarize the interface for each function in the library:
| pcre_compile | Compile a regular expression |
| pcre_compile2 | Compile a regular expression (alternate interface) |
| pcre_config | Show build-time configuration options |
| pcre_copy_named_substring | Extract named substring into given buffer |
| pcre_copy_substring | Extract numbered substring into given buffer |
| pcre_dfa_exec | Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (DFA algorithm; not Perl compatible) |
| pcre_exec | Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (Perl compatible) |
| pcre_free_substring | Free extracted substring |
| pcre_free_substring_list | Free list of extracted substrings |
| pcre_fullinfo | Extract information about a pattern |
| pcre_get_named_substring | Extract named substring into new memory |
| pcre_get_stringnumber | Convert captured string name to number |
| 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_maketables | Build character tables in current locale |
| pcre_refcount | Maintain reference count in compiled pattern |
| pcre_study | Study a compiled pattern |
| pcre_version | Return PCRE version and release date |