del multimethod

Methods

del(h:Hash, k:Any)

Delete hash key. Throws KeyNotFound if k is not in h. WARNING: this method will probably be renamed to "delete" in future versions.

Parameters

h	Target hash
k	Key

Returns

h

Example

h={"a": 1}; h.del("a"); h  # {}
h={}; h.del("a"); # KeyNotFound exception
h={"a": 1, "b": 2}; h.del("a"); h  # {"b": 2}