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<title>pcre_get_substring specification</title>
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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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<b>int pcre_get_substring(const char *<i>subject</i>, int *<i>ovector</i>,</b>
<b>int <i>stringcount</i>, int <i>stringnumber</i>,</b>
<b>const char **<i>stringptr</i>);</b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring. The
arguments are:
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  <i>subject</i>       Subject that has been successfully matched
  <i>ovector</i>       Offset vector that <b>pcre_exec()</b> used
  <i>stringcount</i>   Value returned by <b>pcre_exec()</b>
  <i>stringnumber</i>  Number of the required substring
  <i>stringptr</i>     Where to put the string pointer
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The yield is the length of the substring, PCRE_ERROR_NOMEMORY if sufficient
memory could not be obtained, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if the string number is
invalid.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE API in the
<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a>
page.