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pcre_convert

NAME​

pcre_convert() - turn a glob or POSIX pattern into a PCRE2 pattern

SYNOPSIS​

string pcre_convert(string pattern, mapping options);

DESCRIPTION​

Runs PCRE2's pattern converter and returns a PCRE2 pattern string.
`options` must set exactly one of:

  glob              shell-style glob (`*`, `?`, `**`, `[...]`)
  posix_basic       POSIX basic regular expression
  posix_extended    POSIX extended regular expression

Optional extra keys:

  glob_no_starstar
  glob_no_wild_separator
  no_utf_check

The result is a normal PCRE2 pattern: pass it to `pcre_match()`,
`pcre_replace()`, etc. UTF-8 conversion is on.

    string re = pcre_convert("*.c", (["glob": 1]));
    pcre_match("foo.c", re);

SEE ALSO​

pcre_config(3), pcre_info(3), pcre_match(3)