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I'm trying to extract a string from another using regex. I'm using the POSIX regex functions ( regcomp, regexec ...), and I fail at capturing a group ... For instance, let the pattern be something as simple as "MAIL FROM:<(.*)>" (with REG_EXTENDED cflags) I want to capture everything between '<' and '>' My problem is that regmatch_t gives me the boundaries of the whole pattern (MAIL FROM:<...>) instead of just what's between the parenthesis ... What am I missing ? Thanks in advance, edit: some code #define SENDER_REGEX "MAIL FROM:<(.*)>" int main(int ac, char **av) { regex_t regex; int status; regmatch_t pmatch[1]; if (regcomp(&regex, SENDER_REGEX, REG_ICASE|REG_EXTENDED) != 0) printf("regcomp error\n"); status = regexec(&regex, av[1], 1, pmatch, 0); regfree(&regex); if (!status) printf( "matched from %d (%c) to %d (%c)\n" , pmatch[0].rm_so , av[1][pmatch[0].rm_so] , pmatch[0].rm_eo , av[1][pmatch[0].rm_eo] ); return (0); } outputs: $./a.out "012345MAIL FROM:<abcd>$" matched from 6 (M) to 22 ($) solution: as RarrRarrRarr said, the indices are indeed in pmatch[1].rm_so and pmatch[1].rm_eo hence regmatch_t pmatch[1]; becomes regmatch_t pmatch[2]; and regexec(&regex, av[1], 1, pmatch, 0); becomes regexec(&regex, av[1], 2, pmatch, 0); Thanks :)

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