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free

Header File 

alloc.h, stdlib.h  

Category 

Memory Routines 

Prototype 

void free(void *block); 

Description 

Frees allocated block. 

free deallocates a memory block allocated by a previous call to calloc, malloc, or realloc. 

Return Value 

None. 

Example  

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <alloc.h>
int main(void)
{
   char *str;
   /* allocate memory for string */
   str = (char *) malloc(10);
   /* copy "Hello" to string */
   strcpy(str, "Hello");
   /* display string */
   printf("String is %s\n", str); 
   /* free memory */
   free(str);
   return 0;
}

Portability

POSIX 
Win32 
ANSI C 
ANSI C++ 
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