PCRE2\_GET\_OVECTOR\_COUNT(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2\_GET\_OVECTOR\_COUNT(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <pcre2.h>**

```
uint32_t pcre2_get_ovector_count(pcre2_match_data *match_data);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This function returns the number of pairs of offsets in the ovector that forms part of the given match data block.

There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the **pcre2api** page and a description of the POSIX API in the **pcre2posix** page.

25 October 2014 PCRE2 10.49

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Document: pcre2_get_ovector_count(3) from pcre2 10.49-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2.git