1<html> 2<head> 3<title>pcre2_match_data_free specification</title> 4</head> 5<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> 6<h1>pcre2_match_data_free man page</h1> 7<p> 8Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. 9</p> 10<p> 11This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was generated 12automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, 13please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong. 14<br> 15<br><b> 16SYNOPSIS 17</b><br> 18<P> 19<b>#include <pcre2.h></b> 20</P> 21<P> 22<b>void pcre2_match_data_free(pcre2_match_data *<i>match_data</i>);</b> 23</P> 24<br><b> 25DESCRIPTION 26</b><br> 27<P> 28If <i>match_data</i> is NULL, this function does nothing. Otherwise, 29<i>match_data</i> must point to a match data block, which this function frees, 30using the memory freeing function from the general context or compiled pattern 31with which it was created, or <b>free()</b> if that was not set. 32</P> 33<P> 34There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the 35<a href="pcre2api.html"><b>pcre2api</b></a> 36page and a description of the POSIX API in the 37<a href="pcre2posix.html"><b>pcre2posix</b></a> 38page. 39<p> 40Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. 41</p> 42