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function test()
{
   var myString = 'a string';
}

test();

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var another = null;

function test()
{
    var str = 'A string I am';
    another = str;
}
    
test();

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// var b = null; // commented out now

function test()
{
    var str = 'A string I am';
    b = str; // oops, no var keyword means this is a global 
}
    
test();

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var s = { data: 'test' };
delete s.data;

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var m = 'test';
delete m; // silently returns false (not allowed)
m === 'test'; // true - oops, still a value

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var m = 'test';
m = null;
m === 'test'; // false

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var s = { data: 'test' };
s.data = null; 	// not required
s = null;		// this will automatically clear s.data as well

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var newObject = new MyObject();

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var lastUsedHeap = 0;  // remember the heap size

function checkMemory()
{
    // check if the heap size is this cycle is LESS than what we had last
    // cycle; if so, then the garbage collector has kicked in

    if (window.performance.memory.usedJSHeapSize < lastUsedHeap)
        console.log('Garbage collected!');
    lastUsedHeap = window.performance.memory.usedJSHeapSize;

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do shell script 
  "\"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome\"     
      --enable-memory-info"