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usearch.h File Reference

C API: StringSearch. More...

#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/localpointer.h"
#include "unicode/ucol.h"
#include "unicode/ucoleitr.h"
#include "unicode/ubrk.h"

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Namespaces

 icu
 File coll.h.
 

Macros

#define USEARCH_DONE   -1
 DONE is returned by previous() and next() after all valid matches have been returned, and by first() and last() if there are no matches at all. More...
 

Typedefs

typedef struct UStringSearch UStringSearch
 Data structure for searching. More...
 

Enumerations

enum  USearchAttribute { USEARCH_OVERLAP = 0, USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH = 1, USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON = 2, USEARCH_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT = 3 }
 
enum  USearchAttributeValue {
  USEARCH_DEFAULT = -1, USEARCH_OFF, USEARCH_ON, USEARCH_STANDARD_ELEMENT_COMPARISON,
  USEARCH_PATTERN_BASE_WEIGHT_IS_WILDCARD, USEARCH_ANY_BASE_WEIGHT_IS_WILDCARD, USEARCH_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_COUNT
}
 

Functions

UStringSearchusearch_open (const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternlength, const UChar *text, int32_t textlength, const char *locale, UBreakIterator *breakiter, UErrorCode *status)
 Creating a search iterator data struct using the argument locale language rule set. More...
 
UStringSearchusearch_openFromCollator (const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternlength, const UChar *text, int32_t textlength, const UCollator *collator, UBreakIterator *breakiter, UErrorCode *status)
 Creating a search iterator data struct using the argument collator language rule set. More...
 
void usearch_close (UStringSearch *searchiter)
 Destroying and cleaning up the search iterator data struct. More...
 
void usearch_setOffset (UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t position, UErrorCode *status)
 Sets the current position in the text string which the next search will start from. More...
 
int32_t usearch_getOffset (const UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Return the current index in the string text being searched. More...
 
void usearch_setAttribute (UStringSearch *strsrch, USearchAttribute attribute, USearchAttributeValue value, UErrorCode *status)
 Sets the text searching attributes located in the enum USearchAttribute with values from the enum USearchAttributeValue. More...
 
USearchAttributeValue usearch_getAttribute (const UStringSearch *strsrch, USearchAttribute attribute)
 Gets the text searching attributes. More...
 
int32_t usearch_getMatchedStart (const UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Returns the index to the match in the text string that was searched. More...
 
int32_t usearch_getMatchedLength (const UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Returns the length of text in the string which matches the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_getMatchedText (const UStringSearch *strsrch, UChar *result, int32_t resultCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the text that was matched by the most recent call to usearch_first, usearch_next, usearch_previous, or usearch_last. More...
 
void usearch_setBreakIterator (UStringSearch *strsrch, UBreakIterator *breakiter, UErrorCode *status)
 Set the BreakIterator that will be used to restrict the points at which matches are detected. More...
 
const UBreakIteratorusearch_getBreakIterator (const UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Returns the BreakIterator that is used to restrict the points at which matches are detected. More...
 
void usearch_setText (UStringSearch *strsrch, const UChar *text, int32_t textlength, UErrorCode *status)
 Set the string text to be searched. More...
 
const UCharusearch_getText (const UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t *length)
 Return the string text to be searched. More...
 
UCollatorusearch_getCollator (const UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Gets the collator used for the language rules. More...
 
void usearch_setCollator (UStringSearch *strsrch, const UCollator *collator, UErrorCode *status)
 Sets the collator used for the language rules. More...
 
void usearch_setPattern (UStringSearch *strsrch, const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternlength, UErrorCode *status)
 Sets the pattern used for matching. More...
 
const UCharusearch_getPattern (const UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t *length)
 Gets the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_first (UStringSearch *strsrch, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the first index at which the string text matches the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_following (UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t position, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the first index equal or greater than position at which the string text matches the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_last (UStringSearch *strsrch, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the last index in the target text at which it matches the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_preceding (UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t position, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the first index less than position at which the string text matches the search pattern. More...
 
int32_t usearch_next (UStringSearch *strsrch, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the index of the next point at which the string text matches the search pattern, starting from the current position. More...
 
int32_t usearch_previous (UStringSearch *strsrch, UErrorCode *status)
 Returns the index of the previous point at which the string text matches the search pattern, starting at the current position. More...
 
void usearch_reset (UStringSearch *strsrch)
 Reset the iteration. More...
 
UBool usearch_search (UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t startIdx, int32_t *matchStart, int32_t *matchLimit, UErrorCode *status)
 Simple forward search for the pattern, starting at a specified index, and using using a default set search options. More...
 
UBool usearch_searchBackwards (UStringSearch *strsrch, int32_t startIdx, int32_t *matchStart, int32_t *matchLimit, UErrorCode *status)
 Simple backwards search for the pattern, starting at a specified index, and using using a default set search options. More...
 

Detailed Description

C API: StringSearch.

C Apis for an engine that provides language-sensitive text searching based on the comparison rules defined in a UCollator data struct, see ucol.h. This ensures that language eccentricity can be handled, e.g. for the German collator, characters ß and SS will be matched if case is chosen to be ignored. See the "ICU Collation Design Document" for more information.

The implementation may use a linear search or a modified form of the Boyer-Moore search; for more information on the latter see "Efficient Text Searching in Java", published in Java Report in February, 1999.

There are 2 match options for selection:
Let S' be the sub-string of a text string S between the offsets start and end <start, end>.
A pattern string P matches a text string S at the offsets <start, end> if

 
option 1. Some canonical equivalent of P matches some canonical equivalent 
          of S'
option 2. P matches S' and if P starts or ends with a combining mark, 
          there exists no non-ignorable combining mark before or after S' 
          in S respectively. 

Option 2. will be the default.

This search has APIs similar to that of other text iteration mechanisms such as the break iterators in ubrk.h. Using these APIs, it is easy to scan through text looking for all occurances of a given pattern. This search iterator allows changing of direction by calling a reset followed by a next or previous. Though a direction change can occur without calling reset first, this operation comes with some speed penalty. Generally, match results in the forward direction will match the result matches in the backwards direction in the reverse order

usearch.h provides APIs to specify the starting position within the text string to be searched, e.g. usearch_setOffset, usearch_preceding and usearch_following. Since the starting position will be set as it is specified, please take note that there are some dangerous positions which the search may render incorrect results:

A breakiterator can be used if only matches at logical breaks are desired. Using a breakiterator will only give you results that exactly matches the boundaries given by the breakiterator. For instance the pattern "e" will not be found in the string "\u00e9" if a character break iterator is used.

Options are provided to handle overlapping matches. E.g. In English, overlapping matches produces the result 0 and 2 for the pattern "abab" in the text "ababab", where else mutually exclusive matches only produce the result of 0.

Options are also provided to implement "asymmetric search" as described in UTS #10 Unicode Collation Algorithm, specifically the USearchAttribute USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON and its values.

Though collator attributes will be taken into consideration while performing matches, there are no APIs here for setting and getting the attributes. These attributes can be set by getting the collator from usearch_getCollator and using the APIs in ucol.h. Lastly to update String Search to the new collator attributes, usearch_reset() has to be called.

Restriction:
Currently there are no composite characters that consists of a character with combining class > 0 before a character with combining class == 0. However, if such a character exists in the future, the search mechanism does not guarantee the results for option 1.

Example of use:


char *tgtstr = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy fox";
char *patstr = "fox";
UChar target[64];
UChar pattern[16];
UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
u_uastrcpy(target, tgtstr);
u_uastrcpy(pattern, patstr);
UStringSearch *search = usearch_open(pattern, -1, target, -1, "en_US", 
                                 NULL, &status);
if (U_SUCCESS(status)) {
    for (int pos = usearch_first(search, &status); 
         pos != USEARCH_DONE; 
         pos = usearch_next(search, &status))
    {
        printf("Found match at %d pos, length is %d\n", pos, 
                                       usearch_getMatchLength(search));
    }
}
usearch_close(search);
Stable:
ICU 2.4

Definition in file usearch.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ USEARCH_DONE

#define USEARCH_DONE   -1

DONE is returned by previous() and next() after all valid matches have been returned, and by first() and last() if there are no matches at all.

Stable:
ICU 2.4

Definition at line 147 of file usearch.h.

Typedef Documentation

◆ UStringSearch

typedef struct UStringSearch UStringSearch

Data structure for searching.

Stable:
ICU 2.4

Definition at line 158 of file usearch.h.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ USearchAttribute

Stable:
ICU 2.4
Enumerator
USEARCH_OVERLAP 

Option for overlapping matches.

Stable:
ICU 2.4
USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH 

Option for canonical matches; option 1 in header documentation.

The default value will be USEARCH_OFF. Note: Setting this option to USEARCH_ON currently has no effect on search behavior, and this option is deprecated. Instead, to control canonical match behavior, you must set UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE appropriately (to UCOL_OFF or UCOL_ON) in the UCollator used by the UStringSearch object.

See also
usearch_openFromCollator
usearch_getCollator
usearch_setCollator
ucol_getAttribute
Deprecated:
ICU 53
USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON 

Option to control how collation elements are compared.

The default value will be USEARCH_STANDARD_ELEMENT_COMPARISON.

Stable:
ICU 4.4
USEARCH_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT 

One more than the highest normal USearchAttribute value.

Deprecated:
ICU 58 The numeric value may change over time, see ICU ticket #12420.

Definition at line 163 of file usearch.h.

◆ USearchAttributeValue

Stable:
ICU 2.4
Enumerator
USEARCH_DEFAULT 

Default value for any USearchAttribute.

Stable:
ICU 2.4
USEARCH_OFF 

Value for USEARCH_OVERLAP and USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH.

Stable:
ICU 2.4
USEARCH_ON 

Value for USEARCH_OVERLAP and USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH.

Stable:
ICU 2.4
USEARCH_STANDARD_ELEMENT_COMPARISON 

Value (default) for USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON; standard collation element comparison at the specified collator strength.

Stable:
ICU 4.4
USEARCH_PATTERN_BASE_WEIGHT_IS_WILDCARD 

Value for USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON; collation element comparison is modified to effectively provide behavior between the specified strength and strength - 1.

Collation elements in the pattern that have the base weight for the specified strength are treated as "wildcards" that match an element with any other weight at that collation level in the searched text. For example, with a secondary-strength English collator, a plain 'e' in the pattern will match a plain e or an e with any diacritic in the searched text, but an e with diacritic in the pattern will only match an e with the same diacritic in the searched text.

This supports "asymmetric search" as described in UTS #10 Unicode Collation Algorithm.

Stable:
ICU 4.4
USEARCH_ANY_BASE_WEIGHT_IS_WILDCARD 

Value for USEARCH_ELEMENT_COMPARISON.

collation element comparison is modified to effectively provide behavior between the specified strength and strength - 1. Collation elements in either the pattern or the searched text that have the base weight for the specified strength are treated as "wildcards" that match an element with any other weight at that collation level. For example, with a secondary-strength English collator, a plain 'e' in the pattern will match a plain e or an e with any diacritic in the searched text, but an e with diacritic in the pattern will only match an e with the same diacritic or a plain e in the searched text.

This option is similar to "asymmetric search" as described in UTS #10 Unicode Collation Algorithm, but also allows unmarked characters in the searched text to match marked or unmarked versions of that character in the pattern.

Stable:
ICU 4.4
USEARCH_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_COUNT 

One more than the highest normal USearchAttributeValue value.

Deprecated:
ICU 58 The numeric value may change over time, see ICU ticket #12420.

Definition at line 205 of file usearch.h.

Function Documentation

◆ usearch_close()

void usearch_close ( UStringSearch searchiter)

Destroying and cleaning up the search iterator data struct.

If a collator is created in usearch_open, it will be destroyed here.

Parameters
searchiterdata struct to clean up
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_first()

int32_t usearch_first ( UStringSearch strsrch,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the first index at which the string text matches the search pattern.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The character index of the first match, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no matches.
See also
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_following()

int32_t usearch_following ( UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t  position,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the first index equal or greater than position at which the string text matches the search pattern.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE

Search positions that may render incorrect results are highlighted in the header comments. If position is less than or greater than the text range for searching, an U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR will be returned

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
positionto start the search at
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The character index of the first match following pos, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no matches.
See also
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getAttribute()

USearchAttributeValue usearch_getAttribute ( const UStringSearch strsrch,
USearchAttribute  attribute 
)

Gets the text searching attributes.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
attributetext attribute to be retrieve
Returns
text attribute value
See also
usearch_setAttribute
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getBreakIterator()

const UBreakIterator* usearch_getBreakIterator ( const UStringSearch strsrch)

Returns the BreakIterator that is used to restrict the points at which matches are detected.

This will be the same object that was passed to the constructor or to usearch_setBreakIterator. Note that NULL is a legal value; it means that break detection should not be attempted.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
Returns
break iterator used
See also
usearch_setBreakIterator
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getCollator()

UCollator* usearch_getCollator ( const UStringSearch strsrch)

Gets the collator used for the language rules.

Deleting the returned UCollator before calling usearch_close would cause the string search to fail. usearch_close will delete the collator if this search owns it.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
Returns
collator
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getMatchedLength()

int32_t usearch_getMatchedLength ( const UStringSearch strsrch)

Returns the length of text in the string which matches the search pattern.

This call returns a valid result only after a successful call to usearch_first, usearch_next, usearch_previous, or usearch_last. Just after construction, or after a searching method returns USEARCH_DONE, this method will return 0.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
Returns
The length of the match in the string text, or 0 if there is no match currently.
See also
usearch_first
usearch_next
usearch_previous
usearch_last
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getMatchedStart()

int32_t usearch_getMatchedStart ( const UStringSearch strsrch)

Returns the index to the match in the text string that was searched.

This call returns a valid result only after a successful call to usearch_first, usearch_next, usearch_previous, or usearch_last. Just after construction, or after a searching method returns USEARCH_DONE, this method will return USEARCH_DONE.

Use usearch_getMatchedLength to get the matched string length.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
Returns
index to a substring within the text string that is being searched.
See also
usearch_first
usearch_next
usearch_previous
usearch_last
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getMatchedText()

int32_t usearch_getMatchedText ( const UStringSearch strsrch,
UChar result,
int32_t  resultCapacity,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the text that was matched by the most recent call to usearch_first, usearch_next, usearch_previous, or usearch_last.

If the iterator is not pointing at a valid match (e.g. just after construction or after USEARCH_DONE has been returned, returns an empty string. If result is not large enough to store the matched text, result will be filled with the partial text and an U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR will be returned in status. result will be null-terminated whenever possible. If the buffer fits the matched text exactly, a null-termination is not possible, then a U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_ERROR set in status. Pre-flighting can be either done with length = 0 or the API usearch_getMatchLength.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
resultUChar buffer to store the matched string
resultCapacitylength of the result buffer
statuserror returned if result is not large enough
Returns
exact length of the matched text, not counting the null-termination
See also
usearch_first
usearch_next
usearch_previous
usearch_last
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getOffset()

int32_t usearch_getOffset ( const UStringSearch strsrch)

Return the current index in the string text being searched.

If the iteration has gone past the end of the text (or past the beginning for a backwards search), USEARCH_DONE is returned.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
See also
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getPattern()

const UChar* usearch_getPattern ( const UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t *  length 
)

Gets the search pattern.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
lengthreturn length of the pattern, -1 indicates that the pattern is null-terminated
Returns
pattern string
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_getText()

const UChar* usearch_getText ( const UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t *  length 
)

Return the string text to be searched.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
lengthreturned string text length
Returns
string text
See also
usearch_setText
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_last()

int32_t usearch_last ( UStringSearch strsrch,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the last index in the target text at which it matches the search pattern.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The index of the first match, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no matches.
See also
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_next()

int32_t usearch_next ( UStringSearch strsrch,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the index of the next point at which the string text matches the search pattern, starting from the current position.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The index of the next match after the current position, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no more matches.
See also
usearch_first
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_open()

UStringSearch* usearch_open ( const UChar pattern,
int32_t  patternlength,
const UChar text,
int32_t  textlength,
const char *  locale,
UBreakIterator breakiter,
UErrorCode status 
)

Creating a search iterator data struct using the argument locale language rule set.

A collator will be created in the process, which will be owned by this search and will be deleted in usearch_close.

Parameters
patternfor matching
patternlengthlength of the pattern, -1 for null-termination
texttext string
textlengthlength of the text string, -1 for null-termination
localename of locale for the rules to be used
breakiterA BreakIterator that will be used to restrict the points at which matches are detected. If a match is found, but the match's start or end index is not a boundary as determined by the BreakIterator, the match will be rejected and another will be searched for. If this parameter is NULL, no break detection is attempted.
statusfor errors if it occurs. If pattern or text is NULL, or if patternlength or textlength is 0 then an U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is returned.
Returns
search iterator data structure, or NULL if there is an error.
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_openFromCollator()

UStringSearch* usearch_openFromCollator ( const UChar pattern,
int32_t  patternlength,
const UChar text,
int32_t  textlength,
const UCollator collator,
UBreakIterator breakiter,
UErrorCode status 
)

Creating a search iterator data struct using the argument collator language rule set.

Note, user retains the ownership of this collator, thus the responsibility of deletion lies with the user. NOTE: string search cannot be instantiated from a collator that has collate digits as numbers (CODAN) turned on.

Parameters
patternfor matching
patternlengthlength of the pattern, -1 for null-termination
texttext string
textlengthlength of the text string, -1 for null-termination
collatorused for the language rules
breakiterA BreakIterator that will be used to restrict the points at which matches are detected. If a match is found, but the match's start or end index is not a boundary as determined by the BreakIterator, the match will be rejected and another will be searched for. If this parameter is NULL, no break detection is attempted.
statusfor errors if it occurs. If collator, pattern or text is NULL, or if patternlength or textlength is 0 then an U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is returned.
Returns
search iterator data structure, or NULL if there is an error.
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_preceding()

int32_t usearch_preceding ( UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t  position,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the first index less than position at which the string text matches the search pattern.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE

Search positions that may render incorrect results are highlighted in the header comments. If position is less than or greater than the text range for searching, an U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR will be returned.

When USEARCH_OVERLAP option is off, the last index of the result match is always less than position. When USERARCH_OVERLAP is on, the result match may span across position.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
positionindex position the search is to begin at
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The character index of the first match preceding pos, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no matches.
See also
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_previous()

int32_t usearch_previous ( UStringSearch strsrch,
UErrorCode status 
)

Returns the index of the previous point at which the string text matches the search pattern, starting at the current position.

The iterator is adjusted so that its current index (as returned by usearch_getOffset) is the match position if one was found. If a match is not found, USEARCH_DONE will be returned and the iterator will be adjusted to the index USEARCH_DONE

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
statusfor errors if it occurs
Returns
The index of the previous match before the current position, or USEARCH_DONE if there are no more matches.
See also
usearch_last
usearch_getOffset
USEARCH_DONE
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_reset()

void usearch_reset ( UStringSearch strsrch)

Reset the iteration.

Search will begin at the start of the text string if a forward iteration is initiated before a backwards iteration. Otherwise if a backwards iteration is initiated before a forwards iteration, the search will begin at the end of the text string.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
See also
usearch_first
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_search()

UBool usearch_search ( UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t  startIdx,
int32_t *  matchStart,
int32_t *  matchLimit,
UErrorCode status 
)

Simple forward search for the pattern, starting at a specified index, and using using a default set search options.

This is an experimental function, and is not an official part of the ICU API.

The collator options, such as UCOL_STRENGTH and UCOL_NORMALIZTION, are honored.

The UStringSearch options USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH, USEARCH_OVERLAP and any Break Iterator are ignored.

Matches obey the following constraints:

Characters at the start or end positions of a match that are ignorable
for collation are not included as part of the match, unless they
are part of a combining sequence, as described below.

A match will not include a partial combining sequence.  Combining
character sequences  are considered to be  inseperable units,
and either match the pattern completely, or are considered to not match
at all.  Thus, for example, an A followed a combining accent mark will 
not be found when searching for a plain (unaccented) A.   (unless
the collation strength has been set to ignore all accents).

When beginning a search, the initial starting position, startIdx,
is assumed to be an acceptable match boundary with respect to
combining characters.  A combining sequence that spans across the
starting point will not supress a match beginning at startIdx.

Characters that expand to multiple collation elements
(German sharp-S becoming 'ss', or the composed forms of accented
characters, for example) also must match completely.
Searching for a single 's' in a string containing only a sharp-s will 
find no match.
Parameters
strsrchthe UStringSearch struct, which references both the text to be searched and the pattern being sought.
startIdxThe index into the text to begin the search.
matchStartAn out parameter, the starting index of the matched text. This parameter may be NULL. A value of -1 will be returned if no match was found.
matchLimitOut parameter, the index of the first position following the matched text. The matchLimit will be at a suitable position for beginning a subsequent search in the input text. This parameter may be NULL. A value of -1 will be returned if no match was found.
statusReport any errors. Note that no match found is not an error.
Returns
TRUE if a match was found, FALSE otherwise.
Internal:
Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

◆ usearch_searchBackwards()

UBool usearch_searchBackwards ( UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t  startIdx,
int32_t *  matchStart,
int32_t *  matchLimit,
UErrorCode status 
)

Simple backwards search for the pattern, starting at a specified index, and using using a default set search options.

This is an experimental function, and is not an official part of the ICU API.

The collator options, such as UCOL_STRENGTH and UCOL_NORMALIZTION, are honored.

The UStringSearch options USEARCH_CANONICAL_MATCH, USEARCH_OVERLAP and any Break Iterator are ignored.

Matches obey the following constraints:

Characters at the start or end positions of a match that are ignorable
for collation are not included as part of the match, unless they
are part of a combining sequence, as described below.

A match will not include a partial combining sequence.  Combining
character sequences  are considered to be  inseperable units,
and either match the pattern completely, or are considered to not match
at all.  Thus, for example, an A followed a combining accent mark will 
not be found when searching for a plain (unaccented) A.   (unless
the collation strength has been set to ignore all accents).

When beginning a search, the initial starting position, startIdx,
is assumed to be an acceptable match boundary with respect to
combining characters.  A combining sequence that spans across the
starting point will not supress a match beginning at startIdx.

Characters that expand to multiple collation elements
(German sharp-S becoming 'ss', or the composed forms of accented
characters, for example) also must match completely.
Searching for a single 's' in a string containing only a sharp-s will 
find no match.
Parameters
strsrchthe UStringSearch struct, which references both the text to be searched and the pattern being sought.
startIdxThe index into the text to begin the search.
matchStartAn out parameter, the starting index of the matched text. This parameter may be NULL. A value of -1 will be returned if no match was found.
matchLimitOut parameter, the index of the first position following the matched text. The matchLimit will be at a suitable position for beginning a subsequent search in the input text. This parameter may be NULL. A value of -1 will be returned if no match was found.
statusReport any errors. Note that no match found is not an error.
Returns
TRUE if a match was found, FALSE otherwise.
Internal:
Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

◆ usearch_setAttribute()

void usearch_setAttribute ( UStringSearch strsrch,
USearchAttribute  attribute,
USearchAttributeValue  value,
UErrorCode status 
)

Sets the text searching attributes located in the enum USearchAttribute with values from the enum USearchAttributeValue.

USEARCH_DEFAULT can be used for all attributes for resetting.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
attributetext attribute to be set
valuetext attribute value
statusfor errors if it occurs
See also
usearch_getAttribute
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_setBreakIterator()

void usearch_setBreakIterator ( UStringSearch strsrch,
UBreakIterator breakiter,
UErrorCode status 
)

Set the BreakIterator that will be used to restrict the points at which matches are detected.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
breakiterA BreakIterator that will be used to restrict the points at which matches are detected. If a match is found, but the match's start or end index is not a boundary as determined by the BreakIterator, the match will be rejected and another will be searched for. If this parameter is NULL, no break detection is attempted.
statusfor errors if it occurs
See also
usearch_getBreakIterator
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_setCollator()

void usearch_setCollator ( UStringSearch strsrch,
const UCollator collator,
UErrorCode status 
)

Sets the collator used for the language rules.

User retains the ownership of this collator, thus the responsibility of deletion lies with the user. This method causes internal data such as Boyer-Moore shift tables to be recalculated, but the iterator's position is unchanged.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
collatorto be used
statusfor errors if it occurs
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_setOffset()

void usearch_setOffset ( UStringSearch strsrch,
int32_t  position,
UErrorCode status 
)

Sets the current position in the text string which the next search will start from.

Clears previous states. This method takes the argument index and sets the position in the text string accordingly without checking if the index is pointing to a valid starting point to begin searching. Search positions that may render incorrect results are highlighted in the header comments

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
positionposition to start next search from. If position is less than or greater than the text range for searching, an U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR will be returned
statuserror status if any.
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_setPattern()

void usearch_setPattern ( UStringSearch strsrch,
const UChar pattern,
int32_t  patternlength,
UErrorCode status 
)

Sets the pattern used for matching.

Internal data like the Boyer Moore table will be recalculated, but the iterator's position is unchanged.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
patternstring
patternlengthpattern length, -1 for null-terminated string
statusfor errors if it occurs. If text is NULL, or textlength is 0 then an U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is returned with no change done to strsrch.
Stable:
ICU 2.4

◆ usearch_setText()

void usearch_setText ( UStringSearch strsrch,
const UChar text,
int32_t  textlength,
UErrorCode status 
)

Set the string text to be searched.

Text iteration will hence begin at the start of the text string. This method is useful if you want to re-use an iterator to search for the same pattern within a different body of text.

Parameters
strsrchsearch iterator data struct
textnew string to look for match
textlengthlength of the new string, -1 for null-termination
statusfor errors if it occurs. If text is NULL, or textlength is 0 then an U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is returned with no change done to strsrch.
See also
usearch_getText
Stable:
ICU 2.4