regex.c File Reference

#include
#include
#include
#include "nntpgrab_utils.h"

Functions
NGRegex *	nntpgrab_utils_regex_compile (const char *regex)
	Compile a regular expression.
void	nntpgrab_utils_regex_free (NGRegex *re)
	Free a compiled regular expression.
const char **	nntpgrab_utils_regex_match (NGRegex *re, const char *line)
	Perform a match against a compiled regular expression.
void	nntpgrab_utils_regex_matches_free (const char **matches)
	Free an array of matched items.

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Function Documentation

NGRegex* nntpgrab_utils_regex_compile

(

const char *

regex

)

Compile a regular expression.

Parameters:

regex

The (perl-compatible) regular expression which needs to be compiled

Returns:

A compiled regular expression

void nntpgrab_utils_regex_free

(

NGRegex *

re

)

Free a compiled regular expression.

Parameters:

re

The compiled regular expression

const char** nntpgrab_utils_regex_match	(	NGRegex *	re,
		const char *	line
	)

Perform a match against a compiled regular expression.

Parameters:

	re	The compiled regular expression
	line	The data which need to be matched against the compiled regular expression

Returns:

A NULL-terminated array of matches items (needs to be free'd using nntpgrab_utils_regex_matches_free())

void nntpgrab_utils_regex_matches_free

(

const char **

matches

)

Free an array of matched items.

Parameters:

matches

The NULL-terminated array of matches as returned by the function nntpgrab_utils_regex_match()

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