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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include &#60;pcre2.h&#62;</b>
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<b>int pcre2_substring_copy_byname(pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>,</b>
<b>  PCRE2_SPTR <i>name</i>, PCRE2_UCHAR *<i>buffer</i>, PCRE2_SIZE *<i>bufflen</i>);</b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This is a convenience function for extracting a captured substring, identified
by name, into a given buffer. The arguments are:
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  <i>match_data</i>    The match data block for the match
  <i>name</i>          Name of the required substring
  <i>buffer</i>        Buffer to receive the string
  <i>bufflen</i>       Length of buffer (code units)
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The <i>bufflen</i> variable is updated to contain the length of the extracted
string, excluding the trailing zero. The yield of the function is zero for
success, PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY if the buffer is too small, or
PCRE2_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING if the string name is invalid.
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