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  69. <h3 class="section">9.114 <code>FREE</code> &mdash; Frees memory</h3>
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  73. <dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
  74. <dd><p>Frees memory previously allocated by <code>MALLOC</code>. The <code>FREE</code>
  75. intrinsic is an extension intended to be used with Cray pointers, and is
  76. provided in GNU Fortran to allow user to compile legacy code. For
  77. new code using Fortran 95 pointers, the memory de-allocation intrinsic is
  78. <code>DEALLOCATE</code>.
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  81. <dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
  82. <dd><p>GNU extension
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  85. <dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
  86. <dd><p>Subroutine
  87. </p>
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  89. <dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
  90. <dd><p><code>CALL FREE(PTR)</code>
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  93. <dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
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  95. <tr><td width="15%"><var>PTR</var></td><td width="70%">The type shall be <code>INTEGER</code>. It represents the
  96. location of the memory that should be de-allocated.</td></tr>
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  104. <dd><p>See <code>MALLOC</code> for an example.
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