ADEL()

Delete an element form an array.

Syntax

ADEL(<aArray>, <nPos>) --> aTarget

Arguments

<aArray> Name of array from which an element is to be removed.

<nPos> Subscript of the element to be removed.

Returns

<aTarget> an array pointer reference.

Description

This function deletes the element found at <nPos> subscript position in the array <aArray>. All elements in the array <aArray> below the given subscript position <nPos> will move up one position in the array. In other words, what was formerly the sixth subscript position will become the fifth subscript position. The length of the array <aArray> will remain unchanged,as the last element in the array will become a NIL data type.

     LOCAL aArray
      aArray := { "Harbour","is","Power" }      // Result: aArray is

      ADEL(aArray, 2)            // Result: aArray is

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA Clipper compliant

Files

Library is vm

See Also

• ACOPY()
• AINS()
• AFILL()