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 A_DEL()
 Delete one element from an array
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 Syntax

    A_DEL( <aTarget>, [<idxPos>], [<nCount>] )

 Arguments

    <aTarget> is the array from which an element will be deleted.

    <idxPos> is the position in the target array of the element to be
    deleted.

    <nCount> is the number of elements to shift. The default is all
    elements starting at <idxPos> until the end of the array.

 Returns

    None.

 Description

    A_DEL() is similar to Clipper's ADEL() function. The array element
    pointed to by <idxPos> is removed and <nCount> elements are
    shifted up one position. A blank element is inserted at the
    position created by the shift and filled with the default value
    based on the type of the array (see A_DECLARE()).

    FlexFile's multi-dimensional arrays are not nested single
    dimensional arrays. Therefore, A_DEL()eting an element has no
    other affect than shifting <nCount> elements up one position.

    Wrapping will occur if <nCount> goes beyond the current row
    pointed to by <idxPos>. For example, if you have a two dimensional
    array with accounts in the first dimension and 12 prior period
    amounts in the second dimension, and you wanted to operate on the
    first quarter (i.e. 3 periods), making <nCount> three times the
    number of accounts will "wrap" around three periods. See the
    discussion on arrays in chapter 2 for more information on this
    feature.


 Examples

    // Declare a two dimensional (C)haracter array
    LOCAL rows, cols, x, y, z

    rows = 10
    cols = 20
    z = 1
    aChar = A_DECLARE( "C", rows, cols )

    // Fill the array with increasing character values.
    FOR x = 1 to rows
       FOR y = 1 to cols
          z++
          A_STORE( aChar, chr(z), A_( x, y ) )
       NEXT
    NEXT

    // Delete the ASCII character "." from the first element
    // and shift all elements from the second element to the
    // end of the array up one position.  Wrapping will occur.
    A_DEL( aChar, A_(1, 1), 1 )