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This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was 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. SYNOPSIS
#include <pcre2.h>
int pcre2_substring_get_byname(pcre2_match_data *match_data, PCRE2_SPTR name, PCRE2_UCHAR **bufferptr, PCRE2_SIZE *bufflen);
This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring by name into newly acquired memory. The arguments are:
match_data The match data for the match name Name of the required substring bufferptr Where to put the string pointer bufflen Where to put the string length
PCRE2_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING there are no groups of that name PCRE2_ERROR_UNAVAILBLE the ovector was too small for that group PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET the group did not participate in the match PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY memory could not be obtained
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.