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+.TH PCRE2_PATTERN_INFO 3 "16 December 2017" "PCRE2 10.31"
+.SH NAME
+PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.rs
+.sp
+.B #include <pcre2.h>
+.PP
+.nf
+.B int pcre2_pattern_info(const pcre2 *\fIcode\fP, uint32_t \fIwhat\fP, void *\fIwhere\fP);
+.fi
+.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.rs
+.sp
+This function returns information about a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
+.sp
+  \fIcode\fP     Pointer to a compiled regular expression pattern
+  \fIwhat\fP     What information is required
+  \fIwhere\fP    Where to put the information
+.sp
+The recognized values for the \fIwhat\fP argument, and the information they
+request are as follows:
+.sp
+  PCRE2_INFO_ALLOPTIONS      Final options after compiling
+  PCRE2_INFO_ARGOPTIONS      Options passed to \fBpcre2_compile()\fP
+  PCRE2_INFO_BACKREFMAX      Number of highest backreference
+  PCRE2_INFO_BSR             What \eR matches:
+                               PCRE2_BSR_UNICODE: Unicode line endings
+                               PCRE2_BSR_ANYCRLF: CR, LF, or CRLF only
+  PCRE2_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT    Number of capturing subpatterns
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_DEPTHLIMIT      Backtracking depth limit if set,
+                               otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
+  PCRE2_INFO_EXTRAOPTIONS    Extra options that were passed in the
+                               compile context
+  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP     Bitmap of first code units, or NULL
+  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODETYPE   Type of start-of-match information
+                               0 nothing set
+                               1 first code unit is set
+                               2 start of string or after newline
+  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTCODEUNIT   First code unit when type is 1
+  PCRE2_INFO_FRAMESIZE       Size of backtracking frame
+  PCRE2_INFO_HASBACKSLASHC   Return 1 if pattern contains \eC
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_HASCRORLF       Return 1 if explicit CR or LF matches
+                               exist in the pattern
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_HEAPLIMIT       Heap memory limit if set,
+                               otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
+  PCRE2_INFO_JCHANGED        Return 1 if (?J) or (?-J) was used
+  PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE         Size of JIT compiled code, or 0
+  PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODETYPE    Type of must-be-present information
+                               0 nothing set
+                               1 code unit is set
+  PCRE2_INFO_LASTCODEUNIT    Last code unit when type is 1
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_MATCHEMPTY      1 if the pattern can match an
+                               empty string, 0 otherwise
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_MATCHLIMIT      Match limit if set,
+                               otherwise PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET
+.\" JOIN
+  PCRE2_INFO_MAXLOOKBEHIND   Length (in characters) of the longest
+                               lookbehind assertion
+  PCRE2_INFO_MINLENGTH       Lower bound length of matching strings
+  PCRE2_INFO_NAMECOUNT       Number of named subpatterns
+  PCRE2_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE   Size of name table entries
+  PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE       Pointer to name table
+  PCRE2_CONFIG_NEWLINE       Code for the newline sequence:
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_CR
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_LF
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_CRLF
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANY
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF
+                               PCRE2_NEWLINE_NUL
+  PCRE2_INFO_RECURSIONLIMIT  Obsolete synonym for PCRE2_INFO_DEPTHLIMIT
+  PCRE2_INFO_SIZE            Size of compiled pattern
+.sp
+If \fIwhere\fP is NULL, the function returns the amount of memory needed for
+the requested information, in bytes. Otherwise, the \fIwhere\fP argument must
+point to an unsigned 32-bit integer (uint32_t variable), except for the
+following \fIwhat\fP values, when it must point to a variable of the type
+shown:
+.sp
+  PCRE2_INFO_FIRSTBITMAP     const uint8_t *
+  PCRE2_INFO_JITSIZE         size_t
+  PCRE2_INFO_NAMETABLE       PCRE2_SPTR
+  PCRE2_INFO_SIZE            size_t
+.sp
+The yield of the function is zero on success or:
+.sp
+  PCRE2_ERROR_NULL           the argument \fIcode\fP is NULL
+  PCRE2_ERROR_BADMAGIC       the "magic number" was not found
+  PCRE2_ERROR_BADOPTION      the value of \fIwhat\fP is invalid
+  PCRE2_ERROR_BADMODE        the pattern was compiled in the wrong mode
+  PCRE2_ERROR_UNSET          the requested information is not set
+.P
+There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcre2api\fP
+.\"
+page and a description of the POSIX API in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcre2posix\fP
+.\"
+page.