The /hdel command deletes a key/value pair from an existing hash table.

Synopsis

/hdel [-sw] <table> <key>

Switches

• -s - Displays the assignment information
• -w - Treats <table> as a wildcard and deletes all matching tables.

Parameters

• <table> - The table which contains the item you are deleting
• <key> - the key associated with a value to delete.

Example

alias hdel_example {
  ;add items
  hadd -m example academic a
  hadd example academy a
  hadd example accelerate a
  hadd example accelerator a
  hadd example accept a
  hadd example access a
  hadd example accident a
  hadd example because b
 
  ;number of items
  echo -a $hget(example, 0).item
 
  ;remove everything by one
  hdel -w example a*
 
  ;number of items
  echo -a $hget(example, 0).item
 
  ;free table
  hfree example
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.8

Added On: 05/09/2000

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $hfind
• $hget
• /hadd
• /hdec
• /hfree
• /hinc
• /hload
• /hmake
• /hsave