1<html> 2<head> 3<title>pcre2_get_mark specification</title> 4</head> 5<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> 6<h1>pcre2_get_mark man page</h1> 7<p> 8Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. 9</p> 10<p> 11This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was generated 12automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, 13please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong. 14<br> 15<br><b> 16SYNOPSIS 17</b><br> 18<P> 19<b>#include <pcre2.h></b> 20</P> 21<P> 22<b>PCRE2_SPTR pcre2_get_mark(pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>);</b> 23</P> 24<br><b> 25DESCRIPTION 26</b><br> 27<P> 28After a call of <b>pcre2_match()</b> that was passed the match block that is 29this function's argument, this function returns a pointer to the last (*MARK), 30(*PRUNE), or (*THEN) name that was encountered during the matching process. The 31name is zero-terminated, and is within the compiled pattern. The length of the 32name is in the preceding code unit. If no name is available, NULL is returned. 33</P> 34<P> 35After a successful match, the name that is returned is the last one on the 36matching path. After a failed match or a partial match, the last encountered 37name is returned. 38</P> 39<P> 40There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the 41<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a> 42page and a description of the POSIX API in the 43<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a> 44page. 45<p> 46Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. 47</p> 48