re_comp()

Compile a regular expression

Synopsis:

#include <unix.h>

char *re_comp( char *s );

Arguments:

s: A string that contains the regular expression that you want to compile. This string must end with a null byte and may include newline characters. If this argument is NULL, the current regular expression remains unchanged.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

This function is in libc.a, but not in libc.so (in order to save space).

Description:

The re_comp() function converts a regular expression string (RE) into an internal form suitable for pattern matching. Use this function with re_exec() .

The re_comp() and re_exec() functions support simple regular expressions. The regular expressions of the form \{m\}, \{m,\}, or \{m,n\} aren't supported.

For better portability, use regcomp() , regerror() , and regexec() instead of these functions.