Merge pull request #18521 from JamesDeFabia/HPCC-31369PCRE2_Docs

HPCC-31369 Document move to PCRE2 regex library Reviewed-By: Dan S. Camper <[email protected]> Merged-by: Gavin Halliday <[email protected]>
hpcc-systems · Apr 11, 2024 · d1c054b · d1c054b
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diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXFIND.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXFIND.xml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
   expression<indexterm>
       <primary>Perl regular expression</primary>
     </indexterm>. We use third-party libraries to support this, so for
-  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see boost docs at <ulink
-  url="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html</ulink>.
-  Note that the version of Boost library may vary depending on your distro.
+  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the Perl-compatible Regular
+  Expressions (PCRE2) documentation at <ulink
+  url="https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html">https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html</ulink>.
   For unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the ICU docs, the sections
   'Regular Expression Metacharacters' and 'Regular Expression Operators' at
   <emphasis

diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXFINDSET.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXFINDSET.xml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
   expression<indexterm>
       <primary>Perl regular expression</primary>
     </indexterm>. We use third-party libraries to support this, so for
-  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see boost docs at <ulink
-  url="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html</ulink>.
-  Note that the version of Boost library may vary depending on your distro.
+  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the Perl-compatible Regular
+  Expressions (PCRE2) documentation at <ulink
+  url="https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html">https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html</ulink>.
   For unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the ICU docs, the sections
   'Regular Expression Metacharacters' and 'Regular Expression Operators' at
   <emphasis
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
   role="underline">http://userguide.icu-project.org/strings/unicodeset</emphasis>.
   We use version 2.6 which should support all listed features.</para>
 
+  <para>REGEXFINDSET ignores capture groups. REGEXFINDSET repeatedly extracts
+  the text matching the entire <emphasis>regex</emphasis> pattern.</para>
+
   <para>Example:</para>
 
   <programlisting lang="ECL" role="runnable">sampleStr := 

diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXREPLACE.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-REGEXREPLACE.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
   expression<indexterm>
       <primary>Perl regular expression</primary>
     </indexterm>. We use third-party libraries to support this, so for
-  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see boost docs at <ulink
-  url="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/index.html</ulink>.
-  Note that the version of Boost library may vary depending on your distro.
+  non-unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the Perl-compatible Regular
+  Expressions (PCRE2) documentation at <ulink
+  url="https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html">https://www.pcre.org/current/doc/html/pcre2pattern.html</ulink>.
   For unicode <emphasis>text</emphasis>, see the ICU docs, the sections
   'Regular Expression Metacharacters' and 'Regular Expression Operators' at
   <emphasis