PCRE2\_MATCH\_CONTEXT\_FREE(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2\_MATCH\_CONTEXT\_FREE(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <pcre2.h>**

```
void pcre2_match_context_free(pcre2_match_context *mcontext);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This function frees the memory occupied by a match context, using the memory freeing function from the general context with which it was created, or **free()** if that was not set. If the argument is NULL, the function returns immediately without doing anything.

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.

28 June 2018 PCRE2 10.49

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Document: pcre2_match_context_free(3) from pcre2 10.49-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2.git