Visual C ++ 2012和PCRE

Question

I'm new to C++ but I need to use PCRE library in my project. I've already downloaded PCRE 8.20 for windows from this page . Now how can I tell Visual Studio where the library is so that #include <pcre.h> would work?

I know that C++ already has <regex> library but ECMAScript regular expressions are too limiting for me (no possessive quantifiers for example).

Answer 1

Did you add the pcre include path in the additional include folders list (idem for library path)? If not see here for additional include folders and here for additional library folders

Answer 2

I took a look at the zip file. Copy all the content into your solution explorer, and then when adding pcre.h add it as inc/pcre.h That should work.