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SYNOPSIS

#include <pcre2.h>

void pcre2_match_data_free(pcre2_match_data *match_data);

DESCRIPTION

This function frees the memory occupied by a match data block, using the memory freeing function from the general context with which it was created, or free() if that was not set.

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