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+.TH PCRE2SYNTAX 3 "02 September 2018" "PCRE2 10.32"
+.SH NAME
+PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
+.SH "PCRE2 REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX SUMMARY"
+.rs
+.sp
+The full syntax and semantics of the regular expressions that are supported by
+PCRE2 are described in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcre2pattern\fP
+.\"
+documentation. This document contains a quick-reference summary of the syntax.
+.
+.
+.SH "QUOTING"
+.rs
+.sp
+ \ex where x is non-alphanumeric is a literal x
+ \eQ...\eE treat enclosed characters as literal
+.
+.
+.SH "ESCAPED CHARACTERS"
+.rs
+.sp
+This table applies to ASCII and Unicode environments.
+.sp
+ \ea alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07)
+ \ecx "control-x", where x is any ASCII printing character
+ \ee escape (hex 1B)
+ \ef form feed (hex 0C)
+ \en newline (hex 0A)
+ \er carriage return (hex 0D)
+ \et tab (hex 09)
+ \e0dd character with octal code 0dd
+ \eddd character with octal code ddd, or backreference
+ \eo{ddd..} character with octal code ddd..
+ \eU "U" if PCRE2_ALT_BSUX is set (otherwise is an error)
+ \eN{U+hh..} character with Unicode code point hh.. (Unicode mode only)
+ \euhhhh character with hex code hhhh (if PCRE2_ALT_BSUX is set)
+ \exhh character with hex code hh
+ \ex{hh..} character with hex code hh..
+.sp
+Note that \e0dd is always an octal code. The treatment of backslash followed by
+a non-zero digit is complicated; for details see the section
+.\" HTML <a href="pcre2pattern.html#digitsafterbackslash">
+.\" </a>
+"Non-printing characters"
+.\"
+in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcre2pattern\fP
+.\"
+documentation, where details of escape processing in EBCDIC environments are
+also given. \eN{U+hh..} is synonymous with \ex{hh..} in PCRE2 but is not
+supported in EBCDIC environments. Note that \eN not followed by an opening
+curly bracket has a different meaning (see below).
+.P
+When \ex is not followed by {, from zero to two hexadecimal digits are read,
+but if PCRE2_ALT_BSUX is set, \ex must be followed by two hexadecimal digits to
+be recognized as a hexadecimal escape; otherwise it matches a literal "x".
+Likewise, if \eu (in ALT_BSUX mode) is not followed by four hexadecimal digits,
+it matches a literal "u".
+.
+.
+.SH "CHARACTER TYPES"
+.rs
+.sp
+ . any character except newline;
+ in dotall mode, any character whatsoever
+ \eC one code unit, even in UTF mode (best avoided)
+ \ed a decimal digit
+ \eD a character that is not a decimal digit
+ \eh a horizontal white space character
+ \eH a character that is not a horizontal white space character
+ \eN a character that is not a newline
+ \ep{\fIxx\fP} a character with the \fIxx\fP property
+ \eP{\fIxx\fP} a character without the \fIxx\fP property
+ \eR a newline sequence
+ \es a white space character
+ \eS a character that is not a white space character
+ \ev a vertical white space character
+ \eV a character that is not a vertical white space character
+ \ew a "word" character
+ \eW a "non-word" character
+ \eX a Unicode extended grapheme cluster
+.sp
+\eC is dangerous because it may leave the current matching point in the middle
+of a UTF-8 or UTF-16 character. The application can lock out the use of \eC by
+setting the PCRE2_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C option. It is also possible to build PCRE2
+with the use of \eC permanently disabled.
+.P
+By default, \ed, \es, and \ew match only ASCII characters, even in UTF-8 mode
+or in the 16-bit and 32-bit libraries. However, if locale-specific matching is
+happening, \es and \ew may also match characters with code points in the range
+128-255. If the PCRE2_UCP option is set, the behaviour of these escape
+sequences is changed to use Unicode properties and they match many more
+characters.
+.
+.
+.SH "GENERAL CATEGORY PROPERTIES FOR \ep and \eP"
+.rs
+.sp
+ C Other
+ Cc Control
+ Cf Format
+ Cn Unassigned
+ Co Private use
+ Cs Surrogate
+.sp
+ L Letter
+ Ll Lower case letter
+ Lm Modifier letter
+ Lo Other letter
+ Lt Title case letter
+ Lu Upper case letter
+ L& Ll, Lu, or Lt
+.sp
+ M Mark
+ Mc Spacing mark
+ Me Enclosing mark
+ Mn Non-spacing mark
+.sp
+ N Number
+ Nd Decimal number
+ Nl Letter number
+ No Other number
+.sp
+ P Punctuation
+ Pc Connector punctuation
+ Pd Dash punctuation
+ Pe Close punctuation
+ Pf Final punctuation
+ Pi Initial punctuation
+ Po Other punctuation
+ Ps Open punctuation
+.sp
+ S Symbol
+ Sc Currency symbol
+ Sk Modifier symbol
+ Sm Mathematical symbol
+ So Other symbol
+.sp
+ Z Separator
+ Zl Line separator
+ Zp Paragraph separator
+ Zs Space separator
+.
+.
+.SH "PCRE2 SPECIAL CATEGORY PROPERTIES FOR \ep and \eP"
+.rs
+.sp
+ Xan Alphanumeric: union of properties L and N
+ Xps POSIX space: property Z or tab, NL, VT, FF, CR
+ Xsp Perl space: property Z or tab, NL, VT, FF, CR
+ Xuc Univerally-named character: one that can be
+ represented by a Universal Character Name
+ Xwd Perl word: property Xan or underscore
+.sp
+Perl and POSIX space are now the same. Perl added VT to its space character set
+at release 5.18.
+.
+.
+.SH "SCRIPT NAMES FOR \ep AND \eP"
+.rs
+.sp
+Adlam,
+Ahom,
+Anatolian_Hieroglyphs,
+Arabic,
+Armenian,
+Avestan,
+Balinese,
+Bamum,
+Bassa_Vah,
+Batak,
+Bengali,
+Bhaiksuki,
+Bopomofo,
+Brahmi,
+Braille,
+Buginese,
+Buhid,
+Canadian_Aboriginal,
+Carian,
+Caucasian_Albanian,
+Chakma,
+Cham,
+Cherokee,
+Common,
+Coptic,
+Cuneiform,
+Cypriot,
+Cyrillic,
+Deseret,
+Devanagari,
+Dogra,
+Duployan,
+Egyptian_Hieroglyphs,
+Elbasan,
+Ethiopic,
+Georgian,
+Glagolitic,
+Gothic,
+Grantha,
+Greek,
+Gujarati,
+Gunjala_Gondi,
+Gurmukhi,
+Han,
+Hangul,
+Hanifi_Rohingya,
+Hanunoo,
+Hatran,
+Hebrew,
+Hiragana,
+Imperial_Aramaic,
+Inherited,
+Inscriptional_Pahlavi,
+Inscriptional_Parthian,
+Javanese,
+Kaithi,
+Kannada,
+Katakana,
+Kayah_Li,
+Kharoshthi,
+Khmer,
+Khojki,
+Khudawadi,
+Lao,
+Latin,
+Lepcha,
+Limbu,
+Linear_A,
+Linear_B,
+Lisu,
+Lycian,
+Lydian,
+Mahajani,
+Makasar,
+Malayalam,
+Mandaic,
+Manichaean,
+Marchen,
+Masaram_Gondi,
+Medefaidrin,
+Meetei_Mayek,
+Mende_Kikakui,
+Meroitic_Cursive,
+Meroitic_Hieroglyphs,
+Miao,
+Modi,
+Mongolian,
+Mro,
+Multani,
+Myanmar,
+Nabataean,
+New_Tai_Lue,
+Newa,
+Nko,
+Nushu,
+Ogham,
+Ol_Chiki,
+Old_Hungarian,
+Old_Italic,
+Old_North_Arabian,
+Old_Permic,
+Old_Persian,
+Old_Sogdian,
+Old_South_Arabian,
+Old_Turkic,
+Oriya,
+Osage,
+Osmanya,
+Pahawh_Hmong,
+Palmyrene,
+Pau_Cin_Hau,
+Phags_Pa,
+Phoenician,
+Psalter_Pahlavi,
+Rejang,
+Runic,
+Samaritan,
+Saurashtra,
+Sharada,
+Shavian,
+Siddham,
+SignWriting,
+Sinhala,
+Sogdian,
+Sora_Sompeng,
+Soyombo,
+Sundanese,
+Syloti_Nagri,
+Syriac,
+Tagalog,
+Tagbanwa,
+Tai_Le,
+Tai_Tham,
+Tai_Viet,
+Takri,
+Tamil,
+Tangut,
+Telugu,
+Thaana,
+Thai,
+Tibetan,
+Tifinagh,
+Tirhuta,
+Ugaritic,
+Vai,
+Warang_Citi,
+Yi,
+Zanabazar_Square.
+.
+.
+.SH "CHARACTER CLASSES"
+.rs
+.sp
+ [...] positive character class
+ [^...] negative character class
+ [x-y] range (can be used for hex characters)
+ [[:xxx:]] positive POSIX named set
+ [[:^xxx:]] negative POSIX named set
+.sp
+ alnum alphanumeric
+ alpha alphabetic
+ ascii 0-127
+ blank space or tab
+ cntrl control character
+ digit decimal digit
+ graph printing, excluding space
+ lower lower case letter
+ print printing, including space
+ punct printing, excluding alphanumeric
+ space white space
+ upper upper case letter
+ word same as \ew
+ xdigit hexadecimal digit
+.sp
+In PCRE2, POSIX character set names recognize only ASCII characters by default,
+but some of them use Unicode properties if PCRE2_UCP is set. You can use
+\eQ...\eE inside a character class.
+.
+.
+.SH "QUANTIFIERS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ ? 0 or 1, greedy
+ ?+ 0 or 1, possessive
+ ?? 0 or 1, lazy
+ * 0 or more, greedy
+ *+ 0 or more, possessive
+ *? 0 or more, lazy
+ + 1 or more, greedy
+ ++ 1 or more, possessive
+ +? 1 or more, lazy
+ {n} exactly n
+ {n,m} at least n, no more than m, greedy
+ {n,m}+ at least n, no more than m, possessive
+ {n,m}? at least n, no more than m, lazy
+ {n,} n or more, greedy
+ {n,}+ n or more, possessive
+ {n,}? n or more, lazy
+.
+.
+.SH "ANCHORS AND SIMPLE ASSERTIONS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ \eb word boundary
+ \eB not a word boundary
+ ^ start of subject
+ also after an internal newline in multiline mode
+ (after any newline if PCRE2_ALT_CIRCUMFLEX is set)
+ \eA start of subject
+ $ end of subject
+ also before newline at end of subject
+ also before internal newline in multiline mode
+ \eZ end of subject
+ also before newline at end of subject
+ \ez end of subject
+ \eG first matching position in subject
+.
+.
+.SH "REPORTED MATCH POINT SETTING"
+.rs
+.sp
+ \eK set reported start of match
+.sp
+\eK is honoured in positive assertions, but ignored in negative ones.
+.
+.
+.SH "ALTERNATION"
+.rs
+.sp
+ expr|expr|expr...
+.
+.
+.SH "CAPTURING"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (...) capturing group
+ (?<name>...) named capturing group (Perl)
+ (?'name'...) named capturing group (Perl)
+ (?P<name>...) named capturing group (Python)
+ (?:...) non-capturing group
+ (?|...) non-capturing group; reset group numbers for
+ capturing groups in each alternative
+.
+.
+.SH "ATOMIC GROUPS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?>...) atomic, non-capturing group
+.
+.
+.SH "COMMENT"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?#....) comment (not nestable)
+.
+.
+.SH "OPTION SETTING"
+.rs
+Changes of these options within a group are automatically cancelled at the end
+of the group.
+.sp
+ (?i) caseless
+ (?J) allow duplicate names
+ (?m) multiline
+ (?n) no auto capture
+ (?s) single line (dotall)
+ (?U) default ungreedy (lazy)
+ (?x) extended: ignore white space except in classes
+ (?xx) as (?x) but also ignore space and tab in classes
+ (?-...) unset option(s)
+ (?^) unset imnsx options
+.sp
+Unsetting x or xx unsets both. Several options may be set at once, and a
+mixture of setting and unsetting such as (?i-x) is allowed, but there may be
+only one hyphen. Setting (but no unsetting) is allowed after (?^ for example
+(?^in). An option setting may appear at the start of a non-capturing group, for
+example (?i:...).
+.P
+The following are recognized only at the very start of a pattern or after one
+of the newline or \eR options with similar syntax. More than one of them may
+appear. For the first three, d is a decimal number.
+.sp
+ (*LIMIT_DEPTH=d) set the backtracking limit to d
+ (*LIMIT_HEAP=d) set the heap size limit to d * 1024 bytes
+ (*LIMIT_MATCH=d) set the match limit to d
+ (*NOTEMPTY) set PCRE2_NOTEMPTY when matching
+ (*NOTEMPTY_ATSTART) set PCRE2_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART when matching
+ (*NO_AUTO_POSSESS) no auto-possessification (PCRE2_NO_AUTO_POSSESS)
+ (*NO_DOTSTAR_ANCHOR) no .* anchoring (PCRE2_NO_DOTSTAR_ANCHOR)
+ (*NO_JIT) disable JIT optimization
+ (*NO_START_OPT) no start-match optimization (PCRE2_NO_START_OPTIMIZE)
+ (*UTF) set appropriate UTF mode for the library in use
+ (*UCP) set PCRE2_UCP (use Unicode properties for \ed etc)
+.sp
+Note that LIMIT_DEPTH, LIMIT_HEAP, and LIMIT_MATCH can only reduce the value of
+the limits set by the caller of \fBpcre2_match()\fP or \fBpcre2_dfa_match()\fP,
+not increase them. LIMIT_RECURSION is an obsolete synonym for LIMIT_DEPTH. The
+application can lock out the use of (*UTF) and (*UCP) by setting the
+PCRE2_NEVER_UTF or PCRE2_NEVER_UCP options, respectively, at compile time.
+.
+.
+.SH "NEWLINE CONVENTION"
+.rs
+.sp
+These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after option
+settings with a similar syntax.
+.sp
+ (*CR) carriage return only
+ (*LF) linefeed only
+ (*CRLF) carriage return followed by linefeed
+ (*ANYCRLF) all three of the above
+ (*ANY) any Unicode newline sequence
+ (*NUL) the NUL character (binary zero)
+.
+.
+.SH "WHAT \eR MATCHES"
+.rs
+.sp
+These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after option
+setting with a similar syntax.
+.sp
+ (*BSR_ANYCRLF) CR, LF, or CRLF
+ (*BSR_UNICODE) any Unicode newline sequence
+.
+.
+.SH "LOOKAHEAD AND LOOKBEHIND ASSERTIONS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?=...) positive look ahead
+ (?!...) negative look ahead
+ (?<=...) positive look behind
+ (?<!...) negative look behind
+.sp
+Each top-level branch of a look behind must be of a fixed length.
+.
+.
+.SH "BACKREFERENCES"
+.rs
+.sp
+ \en reference by number (can be ambiguous)
+ \egn reference by number
+ \eg{n} reference by number
+ \eg+n relative reference by number (PCRE2 extension)
+ \eg-n relative reference by number
+ \eg{+n} relative reference by number (PCRE2 extension)
+ \eg{-n} relative reference by number
+ \ek<name> reference by name (Perl)
+ \ek'name' reference by name (Perl)
+ \eg{name} reference by name (Perl)
+ \ek{name} reference by name (.NET)
+ (?P=name) reference by name (Python)
+.
+.
+.SH "SUBROUTINE REFERENCES (POSSIBLY RECURSIVE)"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?R) recurse whole pattern
+ (?n) call subpattern by absolute number
+ (?+n) call subpattern by relative number
+ (?-n) call subpattern by relative number
+ (?&name) call subpattern by name (Perl)
+ (?P>name) call subpattern by name (Python)
+ \eg<name> call subpattern by name (Oniguruma)
+ \eg'name' call subpattern by name (Oniguruma)
+ \eg<n> call subpattern by absolute number (Oniguruma)
+ \eg'n' call subpattern by absolute number (Oniguruma)
+ \eg<+n> call subpattern by relative number (PCRE2 extension)
+ \eg'+n' call subpattern by relative number (PCRE2 extension)
+ \eg<-n> call subpattern by relative number (PCRE2 extension)
+ \eg'-n' call subpattern by relative number (PCRE2 extension)
+.
+.
+.SH "CONDITIONAL PATTERNS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?(condition)yes-pattern)
+ (?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)
+.sp
+ (?(n) absolute reference condition
+ (?(+n) relative reference condition
+ (?(-n) relative reference condition
+ (?(<name>) named reference condition (Perl)
+ (?('name') named reference condition (Perl)
+ (?(name) named reference condition (PCRE2, deprecated)
+ (?(R) overall recursion condition
+ (?(Rn) specific numbered group recursion condition
+ (?(R&name) specific named group recursion condition
+ (?(DEFINE) define subpattern for reference
+ (?(VERSION[>]=n.m) test PCRE2 version
+ (?(assert) assertion condition
+.sp
+Note the ambiguity of (?(R) and (?(Rn) which might be named reference
+conditions or recursion tests. Such a condition is interpreted as a reference
+condition if the relevant named group exists.
+.
+.
+.SH "BACKTRACKING CONTROL"
+.rs
+.sp
+All backtracking control verbs may be in the form (*VERB:NAME). For (*MARK) the
+name is mandatory, for the others it is optional. (*SKIP) changes its behaviour
+if :NAME is present. The others just set a name for passing back to the caller,
+but this is not a name that (*SKIP) can see. The following act immediately they
+are reached:
+.sp
+ (*ACCEPT) force successful match
+ (*FAIL) force backtrack; synonym (*F)
+ (*MARK:NAME) set name to be passed back; synonym (*:NAME)
+.sp
+The following act only when a subsequent match failure causes a backtrack to
+reach them. They all force a match failure, but they differ in what happens
+afterwards. Those that advance the start-of-match point do so only if the
+pattern is not anchored.
+.sp
+ (*COMMIT) overall failure, no advance of starting point
+ (*PRUNE) advance to next starting character
+ (*SKIP) advance to current matching position
+ (*SKIP:NAME) advance to position corresponding to an earlier
+ (*MARK:NAME); if not found, the (*SKIP) is ignored
+ (*THEN) local failure, backtrack to next alternation
+.sp
+The effect of one of these verbs in a group called as a subroutine is confined
+to the subroutine call.
+.
+.
+.SH "CALLOUTS"
+.rs
+.sp
+ (?C) callout (assumed number 0)
+ (?Cn) callout with numerical data n
+ (?C"text") callout with string data
+.sp
+The allowed string delimiters are ` ' " ^ % # $ (which are the same for the
+start and the end), and the starting delimiter { matched with the ending
+delimiter }. To encode the ending delimiter within the string, double it.
+.
+.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.rs
+.sp
+\fBpcre2pattern\fP(3), \fBpcre2api\fP(3), \fBpcre2callout\fP(3),
+\fBpcre2matching\fP(3), \fBpcre2\fP(3).
+.
+.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.rs
+.sp
+.nf
+Philip Hazel
+University Computing Service
+Cambridge, England.
+.fi
+.
+.
+.SH REVISION
+.rs
+.sp
+.nf
+Last updated: 02 September 2018
+Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge.
+.fi
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