Regex.for_match

Description:

[ CCode ( has_construct_function = false ) ]
public Regex.for_match (string pattern, ssize_t pattern_length, uint32 flags) throws Error

Compiles pattern into a regex for use as a match regex with match_add_regex or vte_terminal_event_check_regex_simple.

See man:pcre2pattern(3) for information about the supported regex language, and man:pcre2api(3) for information about the supported flags.

The regex will be compiled using <literal>PCRE2_UTF</literal> and possibly other flags, in addition to the flags supplied in flags.

pattern	a regex pattern string
pattern_length	the length of `pattern` in bytes, or -1 if the string is NUL-terminated and the length is unknown
flags	PCRE2 compile flags

a newly created Regex, or null with throws filled in