On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, swati upadhyaya wrote:

> hi,
> I am compiling
> <<((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\):((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\):((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\)>((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])*)(\\\?)?(?<!\\)>
> with pcre_compile its giving me error missing ). but when i am using the
> same pattern with the link http://regex101.com/r/mH7iW6/2#python against
> the subject sting
> "Info;<<words:=:all>;>"
> its giving me the correct result what i want..
> So why is its showing compilation error ?

I cannot reproduce this error when trying your pattern in pcretest 8.35.
Which release of PCRE are you using?

> my code is
> 
> const char* pattern =
> "<<((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\):((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\):((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])+?)(?<!\\)>((?:\\[<:>]|[^<:>])*)(\\\?)?(?<!\\)>";
>   pcre* re = pcre_compile(pattern,0,&error,&erroffset,NULL);
> 
>   if (re == NULL){
>   cout << "PCRE compilation failed at offset " << erroffset << error <<
> endl;
>   return NULL;
>   }

That, I guess, is C++ (because of the use of cout). I am not a C++ user. 
Does C++ modify strings somehow?

Philip

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