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NAME top

       PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

SYNOPSIS top


       #include <pcre2.h>

       int pcre2_pattern_convert(PCRE2_SPTR pattern, PCRE2_SIZE length,
         uint32_t options, PCRE2_UCHAR **buffer,
         PCRE2_SIZE *blength, pcre2_convert_context *cvcontext);

DESCRIPTION top


       This function is part of an experimental set of pattern
       conversion functions.  It converts a foreign pattern (for
       example, a glob) into a PCRE2 regular expression pattern. Its
       arguments are:

         pattern     The foreign pattern
         length      The length of the input pattern or
       PCRE2_ZERO_TERMINATED
         options     Option bits
         buffer      Pointer to pointer to output buffer, or NULL
         blength     Pointer to output length field
         cvcontext   Pointer to a convert context or NULL

       The length of the converted pattern (excluding the terminating
       zero) is returned via blength. If buffer is NULL, the function
       just returns the output length. If buffer points to a NULL
       pointer, heap memory is obtained for the converted pattern, using
       the allocator in the context if present (or else malloc()), and
       the field pointed to by buffer is updated. If buffer points to a
       non-NULL field, that must point to a buffer whose size is in the
       variable pointed to by blength. This value is updated.

       The option bits are:

         PCRE2_CONVERT_UTF                     Input is UTF
         PCRE2_CONVERT_NO_UTF_CHECK            Do not check UTF validity
         PCRE2_CONVERT_POSIX_BASIC             Convert POSIX basic
       pattern
         PCRE2_CONVERT_POSIX_EXTENDED          Convert POSIX extended
       pattern
         PCRE2_CONVERT_GLOB                    ) Convert
         PCRE2_CONVERT_GLOB_NO_WILD_SEPARATOR  )   various types
         PCRE2_CONVERT_GLOB_NO_STARSTAR        )     of glob

       The return value from pcre2_pattern_convert() is zero on success
       or a non-zero PCRE2 error code.

       The pattern conversion functions are described in the
       pcre2convert documentation.

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PCRE2 10.30                   11 July 2017       PCRE2_PA...N_CONVERT(3)