MatchInfo.fetchNamedPos

Retrieves the position in bytes of the capturing parentheses named @name.

If @name is a valid sub pattern name but it didn't match anything (e.g. sub pattern "X", matching "b" against "(?P<X>a)?b") then @start_pos and @end_pos are set to -1 and %TRUE is returned.

class MatchInfo

bool

fetchNamedPos

(

string name

out int startPos

out int endPos

)

Parameters

name string: name of the subexpression
startPos int: pointer to location where to store the start position, or %NULL
endPos int: pointer to location where to store the end position, or %NULL
Return: %TRUE if the position was fetched, %FALSE otherwise. If the position cannot be fetched, @start_pos and @end_pos are left unchanged.

MatchInfo.fetchNamedPos

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