C Library Functions - del (3)

NAME

del(3f) - [M_list::dictionary::OOPS] delete entry by key name from a basic dictionary (LICENSE:PD)

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SYNOPSIS

type(dictionary) :: dict

   character(len=*),intent(in) :: key

   dict%del(key)

DESCRIPTION

Delete an entry from a basic dictionary if it is present.

OPTIONS

DICT the dictionary.

KEY the key name to find and delete from the dictionary.

EXAMPLES

Delete an entry from a dictionary by key name.

    program demo_del
    use M_list, only : dictionary
    implicit none
    type(dictionary) :: caps
    integer                       :: i
       ! create a character string dictionary
       call caps%set(’A’,’aye’)
       call caps%set(’B’,’bee’)
       call caps%set(’C’,’see’)
       call caps%set(’D’,’dee’)
       ! show current dictionary
       write(*,101)(trim(caps%key(i)),trim(caps%value(i)),i=1,size(caps%key))
       ! delete dictionary entries
       call  caps%del(’A’)
       call  caps%del(’C’)
       call  caps%del(’z’) ! a noop as there is no key of ’z’
       ! show current dictionary
       write(*,101)(trim(caps%key(i)),trim(caps%value(i)),i=1,size(caps%key))

    101 format (1x,*(a,"=’",a,"’",:,","))
    end program demo_del

Results

       > D=’dee’,C=’see’,B=’bee’,A=’aye’
       > D=’dee’,B=’bee’

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

LICENSE

Public Domain

Nemo Release 3.1

del (3)

July 22, 2023

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DICT	the dictionary.
KEY	the key name to find and delete from the dictionary.