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IG_REC_approx_regex_is_greedy_get
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Identifies whether greedy regular expression searches are enabled or disabled.

Declaration:

 
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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_REC_approx_regex_is_greedy_get(
   const HIG_REC_APPROX_REGEX higRecApproxRegex,
   const LPAT_BOOL lpIsEnabled
);

Arguments:

Name Type Description
higRecApproxRegex const HIG_REC_APPROX_REGEX The handle to an approximate regex instance.
lpIsEnabled const LPAT_BOOL The current toggle value.

Return Value:

The number of ImageGear errors that occurred during this function call. If there are no errors, the return value is IGE_SUCCESS.

Supported Raster Image Formats:

This function does not process image pixels.

Example:

 
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AT_ERRCOUNT errCount = 0 ;
BOOL is_greedy = 0 ;
HIG_REC_APPROX_REGEX higRecApproxRegex = 0 ;

IG_REC_approx_regex_create( &higRecApproxRegex ) ;
errCount = IG_REC_approx_regex_is_greedy_get
                         ( higRecApproxRegex,
                           &is_greedy 
                         ) ;
IG_REC_approx_regex_delete( higRecApproxRegex ) ;

Remarks:

When enabled, if two or more matches are made at the same position, the longest match is reported.

The default value is TRUE.

See Also

HIG_REC_APPROX_REGEX