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+<h1>pcre2_dfa_match man page</h1>
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+<br><b>
+SYNOPSIS
+</b><br>
+<P>
+<b>#include <pcre2.h></b>
+</P>
+<P>
+<b>int pcre2_dfa_match(const pcre2_code *<i>code</i>, PCRE2_SPTR <i>subject</i>,</b>
+<b> PCRE2_SIZE <i>length</i>, PCRE2_SIZE <i>startoffset</i>,</b>
+<b> uint32_t <i>options</i>, pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>,</b>
+<b> pcre2_match_context *<i>mcontext</i>,</b>
+<b> int *<i>workspace</i>, PCRE2_SIZE <i>wscount</i>);</b>
+</P>
+<br><b>
+DESCRIPTION
+</b><br>
+<P>
+This function matches a compiled regular expression against a given subject
+string, using an alternative matching algorithm that scans the subject string
+just once (except when processing lookaround assertions). This function is
+<i>not</i> Perl-compatible (the Perl-compatible matching function is
+<b>pcre2_match()</b>). The arguments for this function are:
+<pre>
+ <i>code</i> Points to the compiled pattern
+ <i>subject</i> Points to the subject string
+ <i>length</i> Length of the subject string
+ <i>startoffset</i> Offset in the subject at which to start matching
+ <i>options</i> Option bits
+ <i>match_data</i> Points to a match data block, for results
+ <i>mcontext</i> Points to a match context, or is NULL
+ <i>workspace</i> Points to a vector of ints used as working space
+ <i>wscount</i> Number of elements in the vector
+</pre>
+For <b>pcre2_dfa_match()</b>, a match context is needed only if you want to set
+up a callout function or specify the heap limit or the match or the recursion
+depth limits. The <i>length</i> and <i>startoffset</i> values are code units, not
+characters. The options are:
+<pre>
+ PCRE2_ANCHORED Match only at the first position
+ PCRE2_ENDANCHORED Pattern can match only at end of subject
+ PCRE2_NOTBOL Subject is not the beginning of a line
+ PCRE2_NOTEOL Subject is not the end of a line
+ PCRE2_NOTEMPTY An empty string is not a valid match
+ PCRE2_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART An empty string at the start of the subject is not a valid match
+ PCRE2_NO_UTF_CHECK Do not check the subject for UTF validity (only relevant if PCRE2_UTF
+ was set at compile time)
+ PCRE2_PARTIAL_HARD Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match even if there is a full match
+ PCRE2_PARTIAL_SOFT Return PCRE2_ERROR_PARTIAL for a partial match if no full matches are found
+ PCRE2_DFA_RESTART Restart after a partial match
+ PCRE2_DFA_SHORTEST Return only the shortest match
+</pre>
+There are restrictions on what may appear in a pattern when using this matching
+function. Details are given in the
+<a href="pcre2matching.html"><b>pcre2matching</b></a>
+documentation. For details of partial matching, see the
+<a href="pcre2partial.html"><b>pcre2partial</b></a>
+page. There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
+<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a>
+page and a description of the POSIX API in the
+<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a>
+page.
+<p>
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