.TH PCRE_VERSION 3 "24 June 2012" "PCRE 8.30"
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre.h>
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.SM
.B const char *pcre_version(void);
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.B const char *pcre16_version(void);
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.B const char *pcre32_version(void);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function (even in the 16-bit and 32-bit libraries) returns a
zero-terminated, 8-bit character string that gives the version number of the
PCRE library and the date of its release.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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\fBpcreposix\fP
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page.