Synopsis

#include <pcre2.h>

int pcre2_set_newline(pcre2_compile_context *ccontext,
                      uint32_t newline);

Description

This function sets the newline convention within a compile context. This specifies which character(s) are recognized as newlines when compiling and matching patterns. The second argument must be one of:

PCRE2_NEWLINE_CR

Carriage return only

PCRE2_NEWLINE_LF

Linefeed only

PCRE2_NEWLINE_CRLF

CR followed by LF only

PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANYCRLF

Any of the above

PCRE2_NEWLINE_ANY

Any Unicode newline sequence

PCRE2_NEWLINE_NUL

The NUL character (binary zero)

The result is zero for success or PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA if the second argument is invalid.

There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix page.