deleteLayer: Deletes an existing layer

In nzilbb.labbcat: Accessing Data Stored in 'LaBB-CAT' Instances

Deletes an existing layer

Description

This function deletes an existing annotation layer, including all annotation data associated with it.

Usage

deleteLayer(labbcat.url, layer.id)

Arguments

labbcat.url	URL to the LaBB-CAT instance
layer.id	The ID of the layer to delete.

Details

You must have administration privileges in LaBB-CAT in order to be able to use this function.

Value

NULL, or an error message if deletion failed.

See Also

Other Annotation layer functions: generateLayer(), getLayer(), getLayerIds(), getLayers(), newLayer(), saveLayer()

Examples

## Not run: 
## Delete the phonemes layer
deleteLayer(labbcat.url, "phonemes")

## End(Not run)

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