NAME

       PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcre.h>

       const char *pcre_version(void);

       const char *pcre16_version(void);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  (even  in  the  16-bit library) returns a zero-terminated, 8-bit character
       string that gives the version number of the PCRE library and the date of its release.

       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.