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#include <pcre2.h>
int pcre2_substring_number_from_name(const pcre2_code *code, PCRE2_SPTR name);
This convenience function finds the number of a named substring capturing parenthesis in a compiled pattern, provided that it is a unique name. The function arguments are:
code Compiled regular expression name Name whose number is required
There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix page.