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3<title>pcre_refcount specification</title>
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6<h1>pcre_refcount man page</h1>
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16SYNOPSIS
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19<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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21<P>
22<b>int pcre_refcount(pcre *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b>
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24<P>
25<b>int pcre16_refcount(pcre16 *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b>
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27<P>
28<b>int pcre32_refcount(pcre32 *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b>
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31DESCRIPTION
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33<P>
34This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that
35contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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37  <i>code</i>                      Compiled regular expression
38  <i>adjust</i>                    Adjustment to reference value
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40The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained
41to lie between 0 and 65535.
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