.TH PCRE2_CODE_COPY 3 "22 November 2016" "PCRE2 10.23"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre2.h>
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.B pcre2_code *pcre2_code_copy(const pcre2_code *\fIcode\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function makes a copy of the memory used for a compiled pattern, excluding
any memory used by the JIT compiler. Without a subsequent call to
\fBpcre2_jit_compile()\fP, the copy can be used only for non-JIT matching. The
pointer to the character tables is copied, not the tables themselves (see
\fBpcre2_code_copy_with_tables()\fP). The yield of the function is NULL if
\fIcode\fP is NULL or if sufficient memory cannot be obtained.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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\fBpcre2posix\fP
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page.