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+.TH PCRE_FREE_SUBSTRING 3
+.SH NAME
+PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.rs
+.sp
+.B #include <pcre.h>
+.PP
+.SM
+.B void pcre_free_substring(const char *\fIstringptr\fP);
+.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.rs
+.sp
+This is a convenience function for freeing the store obtained by a previous
+call to \fBpcre_get_substring()\fP or \fBpcre_get_named_substring()\fP. Its
+only argument is a pointer to the string.
+.P
+There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcreapi\fP
+.\"
+page and a description of the POSIX API in the
+.\" HREF
+\fBpcreposix\fP
+.\"
+page.