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PCRE2_SUBSTRING_FREE

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 26 February 2025
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NAME

PCRE2- Per-compatible regular expressions (revised API)  

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcre2.h>

void pcre2_substring_free(PCRE2_UCHAR *buffer);

 

DESCRIPTION

This is a convenience function for freeing the memory obtained by a previous call to pcre2_substring_get_byname() or pcre2_substring_get_bynumber(). Its only argument is a pointer to the string. If the argument is NULL, the function does nothing. There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the pcre2api page and a description of the POSIX API in the pcre2posix page.

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