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NAME
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free - free the memory used to store values of lvalues
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SYNOPSIS
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free(a, b, ...)
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TYPES
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a, b, ... any
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return null value
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DESCRIPTION
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Those of the arguments a, b, ... that specify lvalues are assigned
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the null value, effectively freeing whatever memory is used to
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store their current values. Other arguments are ignored.
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free(.) frees the current "old value".
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EXAMPLE
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> a = 7
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> mat M[3] = {1, list(2,3,4), list(5,6)}
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> print memsize(a), memsize(M)
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80 736
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> free(a, M[1])
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> print memsize(a), memsize(M)
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16 424
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LIMITS
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none
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LINK LIBRARY
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none
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SEE ALSO
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freeglobals, freestatics, freeredc
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## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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##
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## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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##
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## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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## Public License for more details.
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##
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## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is
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## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have
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## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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##
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## @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $
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## @(#) $Id: free,v 29.2 2000/06/07 14:02:33 chongo Exp $
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## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/free,v $
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##
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## Under source code control: 1997/09/06 20:03:35
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## File existed as early as: 1997
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##
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## chongo <was here> /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/
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## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
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