Snort_AIPreproc/doc/latex/group__regex.tex

\hypertarget{group__regex}{
\section{Regex management}
\label{group__regex}\index{Regex management@{Regex management}}
}
\subsection*{Functions}
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int \hyperlink{group__regex_ga35f57c052a7de1ded54b67a1f7819791}{preg\_\-match} (const char $\ast$expr, char $\ast$str, char $\ast$$\ast$$\ast$matches, int $\ast$nmatches)
\begin{DoxyCompactList}\small\item\em Check if a string matches a regular expression. \item\end{DoxyCompactList}\end{DoxyCompactItemize}


\subsection{Function Documentation}
\hypertarget{group__regex_ga35f57c052a7de1ded54b67a1f7819791}{
\index{regex@{regex}!preg\_\-match@{preg\_\-match}}
\index{preg\_\-match@{preg\_\-match}!regex@{regex}}
\subsubsection[{preg\_\-match}]{\setlength{\rightskip}{0pt plus 5cm}int preg\_\-match (
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\item[{const char $\ast$}]{ expr, }
\item[{char $\ast$}]{ str, }
\item[{char $\ast$$\ast$$\ast$}]{ matches, }
\item[{int $\ast$}]{ nmatches}
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)}}
\label{group__regex_ga35f57c052a7de1ded54b67a1f7819791}


Check if a string matches a regular expression. 


\begin{DoxyParams}{Parameters}
\item[{\em expr}]Regular expression to be matched \item[{\em str}]String to be checked \item[{\em matches}]Reference to a char$\ast$$\ast$ that will contain the submatches (NULL if you don't need it) \item[{\em nmatches}]Reference to a int containing the number of submatches found (NULL if you don't need it) \end{DoxyParams}
\begin{DoxyReturn}{Returns}
-\/1 if the regex is wrong, 0 if no match was found, 1 otherwise 
\end{DoxyReturn}