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DELETE

Syntax

DELETE [ Scope ] Variable_Name

Arguments

Scope

"LOCAL" (Default) = The variable is visible only to the current script.

"SHARED" = Desktop applications. Variable exists as long as a window is open. Even if you change the layout that is loaded in the window (by using the File > Open... command from within the Form or Browse window), the variable continues to exist.

"GLOBAL" = Desktop applications. Variable exists as long as Alpha Anywhere is running, until you close the current database.

Variable_Name

The name of the variable to be deleted.

Description

DELETE deletes Variable_Name. You can specify an optional scope in order to explicitly define the variable to be deleted.

Example

dim field_value as D
delete field_value

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