slow5_rec_free

NAME

slow5_rec_free - frees up a SLOW5 record from memory

SYNOPSYS

void slow5_rec_free(slow5_rec_t *read)

DESCRIPTION

The slow5_rec_free() function frees the memory of a slow5_rec_t structure pointed by read, which must have been returned by a previous call to slow5_get_next() or slow5_get(). Otherwise, or if free(read) has already been called before, undefined behaviour occurs. If read is NULL, no operation is performed.

RETURN VALUE

None

EXAMPLES

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <slow5/slow5.h>

#define FILE_PATH "examples/example.slow5"

int main(){

    slow5_file_t *sp = slow5_open(FILE_PATH,"r");
    if(sp==NULL){
       fprintf(stderr,"Error in opening file\n");
       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    slow5_rec_t *rec = NULL;
    int ret=0;

    ret = slow5_get_next(&rec,sp);
    if(ret<0){
        fprintf(stderr,"Error in slow5_get_next. Error code %d\n",ret);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    slow5_rec_free(rec);

    slow5_close(sp);

}

SEE ALSO

slow5_get(), slow5_get_next()