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# Freemem

Release allocated memory

## Declaration

Source position: line 0

`procedure Freemem(`
`p: pointer;`
`Size: PtrUInt`
`); function Freemem(`
`p: pointer`
`):PtrUInt;`

## Description

Freemem releases the memory occupied by the pointer P, of size Count (in bytes), and returns it to the heap. P should point to the memory allocated to a dynamic variable.

## Errors

An error will occur when P doesn't point to the heap.

## See also

Getmem |  | Allocate new memory on the heap
New |  | Dynamically allocate memory for variable
Dispose |  | Free dynamically allocated memory

## Example

    Program Example28;

    { Program to demonstrate the FreeMem and GetMem functions. }

    Var P : Pointer;
        MM : Longint;

    begin
      { Get memory for P }
      GetMem (P,80);
      FillChar (P^,80,' ');
      FreeMem (P,80);
    end.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014