pcre2_get_match_data_size(3)

pcre2_get_match_data_size3

Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised api)

Usage

#include <pcre2.h>

PCRE2_SIZE pcre2_get_match_data_size(pcre2_match_data *match_data);

Overview

This function returns the size, in bytes, of the match data block that is its argument.

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11–12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From pcre2 10.49-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.