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**Kill, VIRTUAL**

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The **Kill **method frees any memory allocated during the life of the object and performs any other required termination code.

**Implementation:**

The Kill method frees memory allocated for the Ref, Root, and SortChars properties.

**Example:**

** MyStepStringClass.Init(ScrollSort:AllowAlpha+ScrollSort:AllowNumeric)**

** !program code**

** MyStepStringClass.Kill**