---
name: "pcre_get_stringtable_entries"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcre"
version: "8.45-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcre_get_stringtable_entries"
---

# pcre\_get\_stringtable\_entries(3)

Perl-compatible regular expressions

## NAME

PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

## SYNOPSIS

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

```
int pcre_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre *code,
     const char *name, char **first, char **last);

int pcre16_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre16 *code,
     PCRE_SPTR16 name, PCRE_UCHAR16 **first, PCRE_UCHAR16 **last);

int pcre32_get_stringtable_entries(const pcre32 *code,
     PCRE_SPTR32 name, PCRE_UCHAR32 **first, PCRE_UCHAR32 **last);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This convenience function finds, for a compiled pattern, the first and last entries for a given name in the table that translates capturing parenthesis names into numbers. When names are required to be unique (PCRE\_DUPNAMES is *not* set), it is usually easier to use **pcre\[16\|32\]\_get\_stringnumber()** instead.

  *code*    Compiled regular expression\
   *name*    Name whose entries required\
   *first*   Where to return a pointer to the first entry\
   *last*    Where to return a pointer to the last entry

The yield of the function is the length of each entry, or PCRE\_ERROR\_NOSUBSTRING if none are found.

There is a complete description of the PCRE native API, including the format of the table entries, in the **pcreapi** page, and a description of the POSIX API in the **pcreposix** page.