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    Freemem

    Release allocated memory.

    Declaration

    Source position: heaph.inc line 86

    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

    Name Description
    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.