31 Regular expressions library [re]

31.10 Class template match_­results [re.results]

31.10.3 match_­results size [re.results.size]

size_type size() const;
Returns: One plus the number of marked sub-expressions in the regular expression that was matched if *this represents the result of a successful match.
Otherwise returns 0.
[ Note
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The state of a match_­results object can be modified only by passing that object to regex_­match or regex_­search.
Sections [re.alg.match] and [re.alg.search] specify the effects of those algorithms on their match_­results arguments.
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size_type max_size() const;
Returns: The maximum number of sub_­match elements that can be stored in *this.
bool empty() const;
Returns: size() == 0.