Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions

Name     Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions 
Version  4.3 May 2003 
Author   Vadim Yegorov 
         (see EMail Addresses)
Distrib. Freeware (?)
Type     REXX DLL 
Price    -
Note     w/ source 
Source   Internet 
         Name: pcre-4.3-vac4-os2-bin.* 

The PCRE (Perl-compatible regular expression library) implements PERL 
Regular Expressions for REXX. 

Note:  PCRE library ver.4.2 (dll) is build using IBM VAC++ 4.0.1 with 
       dynamic runtime (http://www.vsu.ru/˜vy/vacrt/vac4rt.zip ). 

       Note also that the exported functions of this DLL are different 
       than in previous versions. 

 The DLL contains the following functions: 

 auth = PCREAuthor() 
    Returns the strings containing PCRE author's name and email. 

 auth = PCREPortAuthor() 
    Returns the strings containing REXXPCRE author's name and email. 

 ver = PCREVersion() 
    Returns the string containing library version. 

 ver = PCRERxVersion() 
    Returns the string containing REXXPCRE library version. 

 rc = PCRECompile( 'pcre', mask ) 
    compile a regular rexpression 

 rc = PCREMatch('pos_stem.',pcre,string,[pos,[,opts]) 
    Search a pattern 

 rc = PCREDtr( pcre ) 
    Destructor 

 rc = PCRSplirt( 'res_stem.', pcre, str ) 
    Split an input string on tokens, use regex as delimiter 

 rc = PCRSubst( 'res_stem.', sbubst_pcre, str ) 
    Substitution 

 call PCRELoad 
    Initializes library and registers all nessecary functions 

 call DropPCRE 
    Deregisters library functions * 
 

 There's also a sample class for Object REXX in the ZIP file.