On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm new to PCRE, so please forgive me if i ask an already answered question.
>
> I saw function definitions for up to 10 arguments for capture groups, i also
> noticed that i have to add a predefined datatype for the capture groups.
Which function is that? There is no limit of 10 anywhere in the PCRE
library. Are you calling PCRE from some other environment?
> 1.) Is there a way to use a vector/list instead of individual arguments where
> the vector/list getting filled with founded captures?
Yes. That is exactly the C interface to PCRE. The pcre_exec() function
has this API:
int pcre_exec(const pcre *, const pcre_extra *, const char *, int, int,
int, int *, int);
The final two arguments are a pointer to a vector of ints and the number
of slots in the vector. They are used in pairs to return captured
groups. See the pcreapi documentation for details.
> 2.) What if I need more than 10 capture groups?
There is no limit at the C library level. (Well, there is, but it is 64K
or thereabouts.)
> 3.) Is it possible to always use strings as arguments (if the expression is
> for example (\d{2, 4}))?
Sorry. I don't understand this question. Please give more details. (The
argument to pcre_compile() is a zero-terminated string; the argument to
pcre_exec() is a string and a length - so that it can contain characters
whose codepoint is zero).
Philip
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