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re_comp, re_exec - BSD regex functions

Attributes

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────┐
       │ InterfaceAttributeValue     │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────┤
       │ re_comp(), re_exec()                                                      │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────┘

Description

re_comp()  is  used  to compile the null-terminated regular expression pointed to by regex.  The compiled
       pattern occupies a static area, the pattern buffer, which is overwritten by subsequent use of  re_comp().
       If regex is NULL, no operation is performed and the pattern buffer's contents are not altered.

       re_exec()  is  used  to  assess  whether  the  null-terminated  string  pointed  to by string matches the
       previously compiled regex.

History

       4.3BSD.

       These functions are obsolete; the functions documented in regcomp(3) should be used instead.

Library

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Name

       re_comp, re_exec - BSD regex functions

Return Value

re_comp() returns NULL on  successful  compilation  of  regex  otherwise  it  returns  a  pointer  to  an
       appropriate error message.

       re_exec() returns 1 for a successful match, zero for failure.

See Also

regcomp(3), regex(7), GNU regex manual

Linux man-pages 6.9.1                              2024-05-02                                         re_comp(3)

Standards

       None.

Synopsis

#define_REGEX_RE_COMP#include<sys/types.h>#include<regex.h>[[deprecated]]char*re_comp(constchar*regex);[[deprecated]]intre_exec(constchar*string);

See Also