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## SYNOPSIS

#include <pcre2.h>

void pcre2_code_free(pcre2_code *code);

## DESCRIPTION

If code is NULL, this function does nothing. Otherwise, code must point to a compiled pattern. This function frees its memory, including any memory used by the JIT compiler. If the compiled pattern was created by a call to pcre2_code_copy_with_tables(), the memory for the character tables is also freed.

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