.\"remove a (key, value) pair from a mapping based on the key .DT map_delete $MUDNAME$ driver help map_delete .SH Name .SI 5 map_delete() - remove a (key, value) pair from a mapping based on the key .EI .SH Synopsis .SI 5 void map_delete( mapping m, mixed element ); .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 map_delete removes the (key, value) from the mapping `m' that has key equal to `element'. For example, given: .EP .SI 5 mapping names; names = ([ ]); names[ "truilkan" ] = "john"; names[ "wayfarer" ] = "erik"; names[ "jacques" ] = "dwayne"; Then: map_delete( names, "truilkan" ); causes the mapping 'names' to be equal to: ([ "wayfarer" : "erik", "jacques" : "dwayne" ]) .EI .SP 5 5 keys(names) will not contain "truilkan" after map_delete(names,"truilkan") is called (unless ("truilkan", *) is subsequently added back to the mapping). .EP .SH See also .SI 5 allocate_mapping() .EI