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author | nigel <nigel@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15> | 2007-02-24 21:39:29 +0000 |
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committer | nigel <nigel@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15> | 2007-02-24 21:39:29 +0000 |
commit | b82aaed025b2fb55a381b51a3cf13a06c2e8ceff (patch) | |
tree | 34837270c9c014af7709a8bff05b8d097fa58f7e /doc/pcretest.txt | |
parent | 88a7c5f66e21a48da1bfc24248379d0e462fd408 (diff) | |
download | pcre-b82aaed025b2fb55a381b51a3cf13a06c2e8ceff.tar.gz |
Load pcre-3.2 into code/trunk.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@47 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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diff --git a/doc/pcretest.txt b/doc/pcretest.txt index 831fdac..0e6783a 100644 --- a/doc/pcretest.txt +++ b/doc/pcretest.txt @@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ to the matching process if the pattern begins with a lookbehind assertion (including \b or \B). If any call to pcre_exec() in a /g or /G sequence matches an empty string, the -next call is done with the PCRE_NOTEMPTY flag set so that it cannot match an -empty string again at the same point. If however, this second match fails, the -start offset is advanced by one, and the match is retried. This imitates the -way Perl handles such cases when using the /g modifier or the split() function. +next call is done with the PCRE_NOTEMPTY and PCRE_ANCHORED flags set in order +to search for another, non-empty, match at the same point. If this second match +fails, the start offset is advanced by one, and the normal match is retried. +This imitates the way Perl handles such cases when using the /g modifier or the +split() function. There are a number of other modifiers for controlling the way pcretest operates. |