1<html> 2<head> 3<title>pcre2_set_max_pattern_length specification</title> 4</head> 5<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> 6<h1>pcre2_set_max_pattern_length 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>int pcre2_set_max_pattern_length(pcre2_compile_context *<i>ccontext</i>,</b> 23<b> PCRE2_SIZE <i>value</i>);</b> 24</P> 25<br><b> 26DESCRIPTION 27</b><br> 28<P> 29This function sets, in a compile context, the maximum text length (in code 30units) of the pattern that can be compiled. The result is always zero. If a 31longer pattern is passed to <b>pcre2_compile()</b> there is an immediate error 32return. The default is effectively unlimited, being the largest value a 33PCRE2_SIZE variable can hold. 34</P> 35<P> 36There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the 37<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a> 38page and a description of the POSIX API in the 39<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a> 40page. 41<p> 42Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. 43</p> 44