- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- HISTORY

# NAME

ASN1_STRING_new, ASN1_STRING_type_new, ASN1_STRING_free - ASN1_STRING allocation functions

# SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/asn1.h>

     ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_new(void);
     ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_type_new(int type);
     void ASN1_STRING_free(ASN1_STRING *a);

# DESCRIPTION

`ASN1_STRING_new()` returns an allocated ASN1_STRING structure. Its type is undefined.

`ASN1_STRING_type_new()` returns an allocated ASN1_STRING structure of type type.

`ASN1_STRING_free()` frees up a.

# NOTES

Other string types call the ASN1_STRING functions. For example `ASN1_OCTET_STRING_new()` calls ASN1_STRING_type(V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING).

# RETURN VALUES

`ASN1_STRING_new()` and `ASN1_STRING_type_new()` return a valid ASN1_STRING structure or NULL if an error occurred.

`ASN1_STRING_free()` does not return a value.

# SEE ALSO

ERR_get_error

# HISTORY

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