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REGEXP(2)                     System Calls Manual                    REGEXP(2)



NAME
       regcomp,  regcomplit,  regcompnl,  regexec,  regsub, rregexec, rregsub,
       regerror - regular expression

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>
       #include <regexp.h>

       Reprog  *regcomp(char *exp)

       Reprog  *regcomplit(char *exp)

       Reprog  *regcompnl(char *exp)

       int  regexec(Reprog *prog, char *string, Resub *match, int msize)

       void regsub(char *source, char *dest, Resub *match, int msize)

       int  rregexec(Reprog *prog, Rune *string, Resub *match, int msize)

       void rregsub(Rune *source, Rune *dest, Resub *match, int msize)

       void regerror(char *msg)

DESCRIPTION
       Regcomp compiles a regular expression and returns a pointer to the gen‐
       erated description.  The space is allocated by malloc(2) and may be re‐
       leased by free.  Regular expressions are exactly as in regexp(6).

       Regcomplit is like regcomp except that all characters are treated  lit‐
       erally.   Regcompnl  is  like  regcomp except that the .  metacharacter
       matches all characters, including newlines.

       Regexec matches a null-terminated string against the  compiled  regular
       expression  in prog.  If it matches, regexec returns 1 and fills in the
       array match with character pointers to the substrings  of  string  that
       correspond  to  the  parenthesized  subexpressions  of exp: match[i].sp
       points to the beginning and match[i].ep points just beyond the  end  of
       the  ith  substring.  (Subexpression i begins at the ith left parenthe‐
       sis, counting from 1.)  Pointers in match[0]  pick  out  the  substring
       that  corresponds  to the whole regular expression.  Unused elements of
       match are filled with zeros.  Matches involving and are extended as far
       as  possible.  The number of array elements in match is given by msize.
       The structure of elements of match is:

              typedef struct {
                      union {
                         char *sp;
                         Rune *rsp;
                      };
                      union {
                         char *ep;
                         Rune *rep;
                      };
              } Resub;

       If match[0].sp is nonzero on entry, regexec  starts  matching  at  that
       point  within  string.   If  match[0].ep  is nonzero on entry, the last
       character matched is the one preceding that point.

       Regsub places in dest a substitution instance of source in the  context
       of  the last regexec performed using match.  Each instance of \n, where
       n is a digit, is replaced by the string delimited  by  match[n].sp  and
       match[n].ep.   Each  instance of is replaced by the string delimited by
       match[0].sp and match[0].ep.

       Regerror, called whenever an error is detected in regcomp, regexec,  or
       regsub,  writes  the  string  msg on the standard error file and exits.
       Regerror can be replaced to perform special error processing.

       Rregexec and rregsub are  variants  of  regexec  and  regsub  that  use
       strings of Runes instead of strings of chars.  With these routines, the
       rsp and rep fields of the match array elements should be used.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libregexp

SEE ALSO
       grep(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Regcomp returns 0 for an illegal expression or other failure.   Regexec
       returns 0 if string is not matched.

BUGS
       There  is  no  way  to specify or match a NUL character; NULs terminate
       patterns and strings.



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