pcre ☆

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Description:
Perl compatible regular expressions library

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 8.45@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 15, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: regex library perl text-processing developer-tools

Install: brew install pcre

About:
PCRE is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. It offers a rich set of pattern matching features including lookahead and lookbehind assertions, subpattern capturing, and recursive patterns, making it a powerful alternative to standard regex libraries.

Key Features:

Perl-compatible regular expression syntax
Support for UTF-8 and Unicode
Advanced features like recursion and assertions
High performance pattern matching
Wide language bindings

Use Cases:

Implementing complex pattern matching in C/C++ applications
Text parsing and data validation
Replacing less powerful standard regex libraries

Alternatives:

PCRE2 – Modern successor to PCRE with improved API and features
RE2 – Google's fast, safe regex library with limited features
Oniguruma – Another advanced regex library with different feature set

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:03pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4ef6bf02