<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE> {The S-lang C Library Reference}: SLfree</TITLE> <LINK HREF="cref-97.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="cref-95.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="cref.html#toc96" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="cref-97.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-95.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc96">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="SLfree"></A> <A NAME="s96">96. <B>SLfree</B></A></H2> <P> <DL> <DT><B> Synopsis </B><DD><P>Free some allocated memory <DT><B> Usage </B><DD><P><CODE>void SLfree (char *ptr)</CODE> <DT><B> Description </B><DD><P>The <CODE>SLfree</CODE> function uses <CODE>free</CODE> to deallocate the memory specified by <CODE>ptr</CODE>, which may be <CODE>NULL</CODE> in which case the function does nothing. <DT><B> Notes </B><DD><P>Never use this function to free a hashed string returned by one of the family of <CODE>slstring</CODE> functions, e.g., <CODE>SLang_pop_slstring</CODE>. <DT><B> See Also </B><DD><P><CODE>SLmalloc, SLcalloc, SLrealloc, SLmake_string</CODE> </DL> <P> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="cref-97.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-95.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc96">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>