.TH PCRE_REFCOUNT 3 .SH NAME PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B #include .PP .SM .B int pcre_refcount(pcre *\fIcode\fP, int \fIadjust\fP); . .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are: .sp \fIcode\fP Compiled regular expression \fIadjust\fP Adjustment to reference value .sp The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained to lie between 0 and 65535. .P There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the .\" HREF \fBpcreapi\fP .\" page and a description of the POSIX API in the .\" HREF \fBpcreposix\fP .\" page.