std::regex_error

Defined in header `<regex>`
class regex_error;		(since C++11)

Defines the type of exception object thrown to report errors in the regular expressions library.

Inheritance diagram

Member functions

(constructor)	constructs a `regex_error` object (public member function)
code	gets the std::regex_constants::error_type for a `regex_error` (public member function)

Inherited from std::exception

Member functions

(destructor) [virtual]	destroys the exception object (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)
what [virtual]	returns an explanatory string (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)

Example

Run this code

#include <regex>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    try {
        std::regex re("[a-b][a");
    } 

    catch (const std::regex_error& e) {
        std::cout << "regex_error caught: " << e.what() << '\n';
        if (e.code() == std::regex_constants::error_brack) {
            std::cout << "The code was error_brack\n";
        }
    }
}

Possible output:

regex_error caught: The expression contained mismatched [ and ].
The code was error_brack

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Language support library
Concepts library (C++20)
Diagnostics library
Utilities library
Strings library
Containers library
Algorithms library
Iterators library
Numerics library
Input/output library
Localizations library
Regular expressions library (C++11)
Atomic operations library (C++11)
Thread support library (C++11)
Filesystem library (C++17)
Technical Specifications

Classes
basic_regex (C++11)
sub_match (C++11)
match_results (C++11)
Algorithms
regex_match (C++11)
regex_search (C++11)
regex_replace (C++11)
Iterators
regex_iterator (C++11)
regex_token_iterator (C++11)
Exceptions
regex_error (C++11)
Traits
regex_traits (C++11)
Constants
syntax_option_type (C++11)
match_flag_type (C++11)
error_type (C++11)
Regex Grammar
Modified ECMAScript-262 (C++11)