TmListDelete Procedure

Deletes an item in the specified list.

Usage

TmListDelete, tool_name, list_name [, pos]

Input Parameters

tool_name—A string specifying the unique name of a VDA Tool.

list_name—A string specifying the unique name of a list.

pos—(optional) An integer specifying the position in the list of the item to delete. The first item is 0, the second item is 1, and so on. If pos is not specified, the last item in the list is deleted.

Keywords

None.

Discussion

This procedure defines the behavior of the TM_LIST_DELETE method.

Example

The following code creates a list, removes the last element in the list, and then removes the first item in the list.

; Removes the last element in the list. 

list_name = TmList(tool_name)

TmListAppend, tool_name, list_name, 'First Item'

TmListAppend, tool_name, list_name, 2L

TmListAppend, tool_name, list_name, 3.3

INFO, TmListRetrieve(tool_name, list_name), /Full

; PV-WAVE prints the following:

; <Expression> LIST = List(3)

; STRING = 'First Item'

; LONG   =      2

; FLOAT  =       3.30000

TmListDelete, tool_name, list_name

INFO, TmListRetrieve(tool_name, list_name), /Full

; PV-WAVE prints the following:

; <Expression> LIST = List(2)

; STRING   = 'First Item'

; LONG     =      2

; Removes the first item in the list. 

TmListDelete, tool_name, list_name, 0

INFO, TmListRetrieve(tool_name, list_name), /Full

; PV-WAVE prints the following:

; <Expression> LIST = List(1)

; LONG = 2

See Also

TmList, TmListSetMethod, TmListClear