PCRE2\_SET\_CHARACTER\_TABLES(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2\_SET\_CHARACTER\_TABLES(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <pcre2.h>**

```
int pcre2_set_character_tables(pcre2_compile_context *ccontext,
  const uint8_t *tables);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This function sets a pointer to custom character tables within a compile context. The second argument must point to a set of PCRE2 character tables or be NULL to request the default tables. The result is always zero. Character tables can be created by calling **pcre2\_maketables()** or by running the **pcre2\_dftables** maintenance command in binary mode (see the **pcre2build** documentation).

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.

15 April 2020 PCRE2 10.49

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Document: pcre2_set_character_tables(3) from pcre2 10.49-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2.git