<html> <head> <title>pcre_get_stringnumber specification</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> This HTML document has been generated automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong.<br> <br><b> SYNOPSIS </b><br> <P> <b>#include <pcre.h></b> </P> <P> <b>int pcre_get_stringnumber(const pcre *<i>code</i>,</b> <b>const char *<i>name</i>);</b> </P> <br><b> DESCRIPTION </b><br> <P> This convenience function finds the number of a named substring capturing parenthesis in a compiled pattern. Its arguments are: </P> <P> <pre> <i>code</i> Compiled regular expression <i>name</i> Name whose number is required </PRE> </P> <P> The yield of the function is the number of the parenthesis if the name is found, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING otherwise. </P> <P> There is a complete description of the PCRE API in the <a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a> page.
