| .TH PCRE_REFCOUNT 3 "24 June 2012" "PCRE 8.30" | |
| .SH NAME | |
| PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| .rs | |
| .sp | |
| .B #include <pcre.h> | |
| .PP | |
| .SM | |
| .B int pcre_refcount(pcre *\fIcode\fP, int \fIadjust\fP); | |
| .PP | |
| .B int pcre16_refcount(pcre16 *\fIcode\fP, int \fIadjust\fP); | |
| .PP | |
| .B int pcre32_refcount(pcre32 *\fIcode\fP, int \fIadjust\fP); | |
| . | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| .rs | |
| .sp | |
| This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that | |
| contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are: | |
| .sp | |
| \fIcode\fP Compiled regular expression | |
| \fIadjust\fP Adjustment to reference value | |
| .sp | |
| The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained | |
| to lie between 0 and 65535. | |
| .P | |
| There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the | |
| .\" HREF | |
| \fBpcreapi\fP | |
| .\" | |
| page and a description of the POSIX API in the | |
| .\" HREF | |
| \fBpcreposix\fP | |
| .\" | |
| page. | |