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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AllowEmptyClass as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Allow empty classes.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AllowLookaroundBSK as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Allow \K in lookarounds PCRE2_EXTRA_ALLOW_SURROGATE_ESCAPES Allow \x{df800} to \x{dfff} in UTF-8 and UTF-32 modes.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AllowSurrogateEscapes as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Disables check for surrogates to allow them.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AltBsux as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Alternative handling of \u, \U, and \x

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AltCircumflex as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Alternative handling of ^ in multiline mode.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AltVerbNames as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Process backslashes in verb names.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Anchored as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Force pattern anchoring.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.AutoCallout as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Compile automatic callouts.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.BadEscapeIsLiteral as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Treat all invalid escapes as a literal following character.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.BSR as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Sets the convention for processing \R within a compile context.

Can be kBSRUnicode or kBSRanyCRLF.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Caseless as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Do caseless matching.

Set to true for caseless matching or false for case sensitive.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.DollarEndonly as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
$ not to match newline at end.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.DotAll as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
. matches anything including NL

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Some examples using this property:

PCRE2CompilerMBS.DupNames as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Allow duplicate names for subpatterns.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.EndAnchored as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Pattern can match only at end of subject.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.ErrorOffset as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The error offset from Compile failure.

The error offsets in characters.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.EscapedCRIsLF as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Interpret \r as \n.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Extended as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Ignore white space and # comments.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.ExtendedAltBSUX as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Extended alternate \u, \U, and \x handling.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.ExtendedMore as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
If set, the same applies, but in addition unescaped space and horizontal tab characters are ignored inside a character class.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.ExtraOptions as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The extra option flags.

You usually set the boolean properties to turn flags here on/off.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Firstline as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Force matching to be before newline.

Force matching to be before newline.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Greedy as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Don't invert greediness of quantifiers.

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Some examples using this property:

PCRE2CompilerMBS.Literal as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Pattern characters are all literal.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.MatchInvalidUTF as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Enable support for matching invalid UTF.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.MatchLine as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Pattern matches whole lines.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.MatchUnsetBackref as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Match unset backreferences.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.MatchWord as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Pattern matches "words".

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Some examples using this property:

PCRE2CompilerMBS.MaxPatternLength as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The maximum text length (in code units) of the pattern that can be compiled.
Example 

Dim Compiler As New PCRE2CompilerMBS

compiler.MaxPatternLength = 10
compiler.Pattern = "(\d+)([$€£]?)"

// raises exception as pattern is too long
Dim code As PCRE2CodeMBS = Compiler.Compile

The default is effectively unlimited.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Multiline as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
^ and $ match newlines within data.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NeverBackslashC as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Lock out the use of \C in patterns.

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See also:

PCRE2CompilerMBS.NeverUCP as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Lock out PCRE2_UCP, e.g. via (*UCP).

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NeverUTF as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Lock out PCRE2_UTF, e.g. via (*UTF).

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NewLine as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Sets the newline convention within a compile context.

See kNewLine* constants.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NoAutoCapture as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Disable numbered capturing parentheses (named ones available).

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NoAutoPossess as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Disable auto-possessification.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NoDotStarAnchor as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Disable automatic anchoring for .*

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NoStartOptimize as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Disable match-time start optimizations.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.NoUTFCheck as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Do not check the pattern for UTF validity (only relevant if UTF is set)

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Options as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The option flags.

You usually set the boolean properties to turn flags here on/off.
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PCRE2CompilerMBS.ParensNestLimit as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Default parentheses nesting limit.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Pattern as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The search pattern.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.UCP as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Use Unicode properties for \d, \w, etc.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.Ungreedy as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Invert greediness of quantifiers.

(Read and Write property)

Some examples using this property:

PCRE2CompilerMBS.UseOffsetLimit as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Enable offset limit for unanchored matching.

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PCRE2CompilerMBS.UTF as Boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Regular Expressions MBS RegEx Plugin 22.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Treat pattern and subjects as UTF strings.

(Read and Write property)

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