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| <li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">PCRE 32-BIT API BASIC FUNCTIONS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">PCRE 32-BIT API STRING EXTRACTION FUNCTIONS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">PCRE 32-BIT API AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">PCRE 32-BIT API INDIRECTED FUNCTIONS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">PCRE 32-BIT API 32-BIT-ONLY FUNCTION</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">THE PCRE 32-BIT LIBRARY</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC7" href="#SEC7">THE HEADER FILE</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC8" href="#SEC8">THE LIBRARY NAME</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC9" href="#SEC9">STRING TYPES</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC10" href="#SEC10">STRUCTURE TYPES</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC11" href="#SEC11">32-BIT FUNCTIONS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC12" href="#SEC12">SUBJECT STRING OFFSETS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC13" href="#SEC13">NAMED SUBPATTERNS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC14" href="#SEC14">OPTION NAMES</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC15" href="#SEC15">CHARACTER CODES</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC16" href="#SEC16">ERROR NAMES</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC17" href="#SEC17">ERROR TEXTS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC18" href="#SEC18">CALLOUTS</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC19" href="#SEC19">TESTING</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC20" href="#SEC20">NOT SUPPORTED IN 32-BIT MODE</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC21" href="#SEC21">AUTHOR</a> |
| <li><a name="TOC22" href="#SEC22">REVISION</a> |
| </ul> |
| <P> |
| <b>#include <pcre.h></b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">PCRE 32-BIT API BASIC FUNCTIONS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| <b>pcre32 *pcre32_compile(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>pattern</i>, int <i>options</i>,</b> |
| <b> const char **<i>errptr</i>, int *<i>erroffset</i>,</b> |
| <b> const unsigned char *<i>tableptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>pcre32 *pcre32_compile2(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>pattern</i>, int <i>options</i>,</b> |
| <b> int *<i>errorcodeptr</i>,</b> |
| <b> const unsigned char *<i>tableptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>pcre32_extra *pcre32_study(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>, int <i>options</i>,</b> |
| <b> const char **<i>errptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void pcre32_free_study(pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_exec(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>, const pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int <i>length</i>, int <i>startoffset</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>options</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>, int <i>ovecsize</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_dfa_exec(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>, const pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int <i>length</i>, int <i>startoffset</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>options</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>, int <i>ovecsize</i>,</b> |
| <b> int *<i>workspace</i>, int <i>wscount</i>);</b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">PCRE 32-BIT API STRING EXTRACTION FUNCTIONS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| <b>int pcre32_copy_named_substring(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>stringcount</i>, PCRE_SPTR32 <i>stringname</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_UCHAR32 *<i>buffer</i>, int <i>buffersize</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_copy_substring(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>stringcount</i>, int <i>stringnumber</i>, PCRE_UCHAR32 *<i>buffer</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>buffersize</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_get_named_substring(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>stringcount</i>, PCRE_SPTR32 <i>stringname</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 *<i>stringptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_get_stringnumber(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>name</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>name</i>, PCRE_UCHAR32 **<i>first</i>, PCRE_UCHAR32 **<i>last</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_get_substring(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>stringcount</i>, int <i>stringnumber</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 *<i>stringptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_get_substring_list(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>subject</i>,</b> |
| <b> int *<i>ovector</i>, int <i>stringcount</i>, PCRE_SPTR32 **<i>listptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void pcre32_free_substring(PCRE_SPTR32 <i>stringptr</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void pcre32_free_substring_list(PCRE_SPTR32 *<i>stringptr</i>);</b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">PCRE 32-BIT API AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| <b>pcre32_jit_stack *pcre32_jit_stack_alloc(int <i>startsize</i>, int <i>maxsize</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void pcre32_jit_stack_free(pcre32_jit_stack *<i>stack</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void pcre32_assign_jit_stack(pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b> |
| <b> pcre32_jit_callback <i>callback</i>, void *<i>data</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>const unsigned char *pcre32_maketables(void);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_fullinfo(const pcre32 *<i>code</i>, const pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>what</i>, void *<i>where</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_refcount(pcre32 *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_config(int <i>what</i>, void *<i>where</i>);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>const char *pcre32_version(void);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int pcre32_pattern_to_host_byte_order(pcre32 *<i>code</i>,</b> |
| <b> pcre32_extra *<i>extra</i>, const unsigned char *<i>tables</i>);</b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">PCRE 32-BIT API INDIRECTED FUNCTIONS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| <b>void *(*pcre32_malloc)(size_t);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void (*pcre32_free)(void *);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void *(*pcre32_stack_malloc)(size_t);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>void (*pcre32_stack_free)(void *);</b> |
| <br> |
| <br> |
| <b>int (*pcre32_callout)(pcre32_callout_block *);</b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">PCRE 32-BIT API 32-BIT-ONLY FUNCTION</a><br> |
| <P> |
| <b>int pcre32_utf32_to_host_byte_order(PCRE_UCHAR32 *<i>output</i>,</b> |
| <b> PCRE_SPTR32 <i>input</i>, int <i>length</i>, int *<i>byte_order</i>,</b> |
| <b> int <i>keep_boms</i>);</b> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">THE PCRE 32-BIT LIBRARY</a><br> |
| <P> |
| Starting with release 8.32, it is possible to compile a PCRE library that |
| supports 32-bit character strings, including UTF-32 strings, as well as or |
| instead of the original 8-bit library. This work was done by Christian Persch, |
| based on the work done by Zoltan Herczeg for the 16-bit library. All three |
| libraries contain identical sets of functions, used in exactly the same way. |
| Only the names of the functions and the data types of their arguments and |
| results are different. To avoid over-complication and reduce the documentation |
| maintenance load, most of the PCRE documentation describes the 8-bit library, |
| with only occasional references to the 16-bit and 32-bit libraries. This page |
| describes what is different when you use the 32-bit library. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| WARNING: A single application can be linked with all or any of the three |
| libraries, but you must take care when processing any particular pattern |
| to use functions from just one library. For example, if you want to study |
| a pattern that was compiled with <b>pcre32_compile()</b>, you must do so |
| with <b>pcre32_study()</b>, not <b>pcre_study()</b>, and you must free the |
| study data with <b>pcre32_free_study()</b>. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">THE HEADER FILE</a><br> |
| <P> |
| There is only one header file, <b>pcre.h</b>. It contains prototypes for all the |
| functions in all libraries, as well as definitions of flags, structures, error |
| codes, etc. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC8" href="#TOC1">THE LIBRARY NAME</a><br> |
| <P> |
| In Unix-like systems, the 32-bit library is called <b>libpcre32</b>, and can |
| normally be accesss by adding <b>-lpcre32</b> to the command for linking an |
| application that uses PCRE. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC9" href="#TOC1">STRING TYPES</a><br> |
| <P> |
| In the 8-bit library, strings are passed to PCRE library functions as vectors |
| of bytes with the C type "char *". In the 32-bit library, strings are passed as |
| vectors of unsigned 32-bit quantities. The macro PCRE_UCHAR32 specifies an |
| appropriate data type, and PCRE_SPTR32 is defined as "const PCRE_UCHAR32 *". In |
| very many environments, "unsigned int" is a 32-bit data type. When PCRE is |
| built, it defines PCRE_UCHAR32 as "unsigned int", but checks that it really is |
| a 32-bit data type. If it is not, the build fails with an error message telling |
| the maintainer to modify the definition appropriately. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC10" href="#TOC1">STRUCTURE TYPES</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The types of the opaque structures that are used for compiled 32-bit patterns |
| and JIT stacks are <b>pcre32</b> and <b>pcre32_jit_stack</b> respectively. The |
| type of the user-accessible structure that is returned by <b>pcre32_study()</b> |
| is <b>pcre32_extra</b>, and the type of the structure that is used for passing |
| data to a callout function is <b>pcre32_callout_block</b>. These structures |
| contain the same fields, with the same names, as their 8-bit counterparts. The |
| only difference is that pointers to character strings are 32-bit instead of |
| 8-bit types. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">32-BIT FUNCTIONS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| For every function in the 8-bit library there is a corresponding function in |
| the 32-bit library with a name that starts with <b>pcre32_</b> instead of |
| <b>pcre_</b>. The prototypes are listed above. In addition, there is one extra |
| function, <b>pcre32_utf32_to_host_byte_order()</b>. This is a utility function |
| that converts a UTF-32 character string to host byte order if necessary. The |
| other 32-bit functions expect the strings they are passed to be in host byte |
| order. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| The <i>input</i> and <i>output</i> arguments of |
| <b>pcre32_utf32_to_host_byte_order()</b> may point to the same address, that is, |
| conversion in place is supported. The output buffer must be at least as long as |
| the input. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| The <i>length</i> argument specifies the number of 32-bit data units in the |
| input string; a negative value specifies a zero-terminated string. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| If <i>byte_order</i> is NULL, it is assumed that the string starts off in host |
| byte order. This may be changed by byte-order marks (BOMs) anywhere in the |
| string (commonly as the first character). |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| If <i>byte_order</i> is not NULL, a non-zero value of the integer to which it |
| points means that the input starts off in host byte order, otherwise the |
| opposite order is assumed. Again, BOMs in the string can change this. The final |
| byte order is passed back at the end of processing. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| If <i>keep_boms</i> is not zero, byte-order mark characters (0xfeff) are copied |
| into the output string. Otherwise they are discarded. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| The result of the function is the number of 32-bit units placed into the output |
| buffer, including the zero terminator if the string was zero-terminated. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC12" href="#TOC1">SUBJECT STRING OFFSETS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The lengths and starting offsets of subject strings must be specified in 32-bit |
| data units, and the offsets within subject strings that are returned by the |
| matching functions are in also 32-bit units rather than bytes. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC13" href="#TOC1">NAMED SUBPATTERNS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The name-to-number translation table that is maintained for named subpatterns |
| uses 32-bit characters. The <b>pcre32_get_stringtable_entries()</b> function |
| returns the length of each entry in the table as the number of 32-bit data |
| units. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC14" href="#TOC1">OPTION NAMES</a><br> |
| <P> |
| There are two new general option names, PCRE_UTF32 and PCRE_NO_UTF32_CHECK, |
| which correspond to PCRE_UTF8 and PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK in the 8-bit library. In |
| fact, these new options define the same bits in the options word. There is a |
| discussion about the |
| <a href="pcreunicode.html#utf32strings">validity of UTF-32 strings</a> |
| in the |
| <a href="pcreunicode.html"><b>pcreunicode</b></a> |
| page. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| For the <b>pcre32_config()</b> function there is an option PCRE_CONFIG_UTF32 |
| that returns 1 if UTF-32 support is configured, otherwise 0. If this option is |
| given to <b>pcre_config()</b> or <b>pcre16_config()</b>, or if the |
| PCRE_CONFIG_UTF8 or PCRE_CONFIG_UTF16 option is given to <b>pcre32_config()</b>, |
| the result is the PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION error. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC15" href="#TOC1">CHARACTER CODES</a><br> |
| <P> |
| In 32-bit mode, when PCRE_UTF32 is not set, character values are treated in the |
| same way as in 8-bit, non UTF-8 mode, except, of course, that they can range |
| from 0 to 0x7fffffff instead of 0 to 0xff. Character types for characters less |
| than 0xff can therefore be influenced by the locale in the same way as before. |
| Characters greater than 0xff have only one case, and no "type" (such as letter |
| or digit). |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| In UTF-32 mode, the character code is Unicode, in the range 0 to 0x10ffff, with |
| the exception of values in the range 0xd800 to 0xdfff because those are |
| "surrogate" values that are ill-formed in UTF-32. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| A UTF-32 string can indicate its endianness by special code knows as a |
| byte-order mark (BOM). The PCRE functions do not handle this, expecting strings |
| to be in host byte order. A utility function called |
| <b>pcre32_utf32_to_host_byte_order()</b> is provided to help with this (see |
| above). |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC16" href="#TOC1">ERROR NAMES</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The error PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF32 corresponds to its 8-bit counterpart. |
| The error PCRE_ERROR_BADMODE is given when a compiled |
| pattern is passed to a function that processes patterns in the other |
| mode, for example, if a pattern compiled with <b>pcre_compile()</b> is passed to |
| <b>pcre32_exec()</b>. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| There are new error codes whose names begin with PCRE_UTF32_ERR for invalid |
| UTF-32 strings, corresponding to the PCRE_UTF8_ERR codes for UTF-8 strings that |
| are described in the section entitled |
| <a href="pcreapi.html#badutf8reasons">"Reason codes for invalid UTF-8 strings"</a> |
| in the main |
| <a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a> |
| page. The UTF-32 errors are: |
| <pre> |
| PCRE_UTF32_ERR1 Surrogate character (range from 0xd800 to 0xdfff) |
| PCRE_UTF32_ERR2 Non-character |
| PCRE_UTF32_ERR3 Character > 0x10ffff |
| </PRE> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC17" href="#TOC1">ERROR TEXTS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| If there is an error while compiling a pattern, the error text that is passed |
| back by <b>pcre32_compile()</b> or <b>pcre32_compile2()</b> is still an 8-bit |
| character string, zero-terminated. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC18" href="#TOC1">CALLOUTS</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The <i>subject</i> and <i>mark</i> fields in the callout block that is passed to |
| a callout function point to 32-bit vectors. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC19" href="#TOC1">TESTING</a><br> |
| <P> |
| The <b>pcretest</b> program continues to operate with 8-bit input and output |
| files, but it can be used for testing the 32-bit library. If it is run with the |
| command line option <b>-32</b>, patterns and subject strings are converted from |
| 8-bit to 32-bit before being passed to PCRE, and the 32-bit library functions |
| are used instead of the 8-bit ones. Returned 32-bit strings are converted to |
| 8-bit for output. If both the 8-bit and the 16-bit libraries were not compiled, |
| <b>pcretest</b> defaults to 32-bit and the <b>-32</b> option is ignored. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| When PCRE is being built, the <b>RunTest</b> script that is called by "make |
| check" uses the <b>pcretest</b> <b>-C</b> option to discover which of the 8-bit, |
| 16-bit and 32-bit libraries has been built, and runs the tests appropriately. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC20" href="#TOC1">NOT SUPPORTED IN 32-BIT MODE</a><br> |
| <P> |
| Not all the features of the 8-bit library are available with the 32-bit |
| library. The C++ and POSIX wrapper functions support only the 8-bit library, |
| and the <b>pcregrep</b> program is at present 8-bit only. |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC21" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> |
| <P> |
| Philip Hazel |
| <br> |
| University Computing Service |
| <br> |
| Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. |
| <br> |
| </P> |
| <br><a name="SEC22" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> |
| <P> |
| Last updated: 12 May 2013 |
| <br> |
| Copyright © 1997-2013 University of Cambridge. |
| <br> |
| <p> |
| Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. |
| </p> |