---
name: "pcre_info"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpcre3-dev"
version: "8.02-1.1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcre_info"
---

# pcre\_info(3)

Perl-compatible regular expressions

## NAME

PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

## SYNOPSIS

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

**int pcre\_info(const pcre \**code*, int \**optptr*, int** **\**firstcharptr*);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function is obsolete. You should be using **pcre\_fullinfo()** instead.

There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the **pcreapi** page and a description of the POSIX API in the **pcreposix** page.