---
name: "pcre2_get_ovector_pointer"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcre2"
version: "10.49-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcre2_get_ovector_pointer"
---

# pcre2\_get\_ovector\_pointer(3)

Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

## NAME

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<pcre2.h\>**

```
PCRE2_SIZE *pcre2_get_ovector_pointer(pcre2_match_data *match_data);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This function returns a pointer to the vector of offsets that forms part of the given match data block. The number of pairs can be found by calling **pcre2\_get\_ovector\_count()**.

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.