.TH PCRE_VERSION 3 "24 June 2012" "PCRE 8.30" .SH NAME PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B #include <pcre.h> .PP .SM .B const char *pcre_version(void); .PP .B const char *pcre16_version(void); .PP .B const char *pcre32_version(void); . .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp This function (even in the 16-bit and 32-bit libraries) returns a zero-terminated, 8-bit character string that gives the version number of the PCRE library and the date of its release. .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.