Commands

delete

Supported By

XION Scripting Language Standard (1.0)
OpenXION (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
OpenXION Standard Module (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
HyperTalk (2.2)

Syntax

delete object

Object yields the descriptor of the object to be deleted.

Examples

delete line 1 of steve

delete char 1 to 5 of line 4 of bill

delete file "MyTemp"

Description

The delete command deletes an object or removes a chunk from a container.

Script

The following example finds and deletes a name from a line-delimited list of names:

on zapaName
  put "Maller\nCalhoun\nWinkler" into list
  ask "Delete which name from the list?" with empty
  repeat with count = the number of lines in list ¬
      down to 1
    if it is line count of list then ¬
    delete line count of list
  end repeat
  put list
end zapaName

Notes

Using the delete command to delete a chunk is not the same as using put empty into with the same chunk. For example, if you delete a line with a statement like:

delete line 4 of myText

you delete the line break as well as the text; what was previously the fifth line becomes the fourth. The following statement leaves the line break in line 4:

put empty into line 4 of myText

HyperTalk only supports the deletion of chunks, menus, menuItems, and parts (buttons and fields).