removeDictionaryEntry: Removes an entry from a dictionary.

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

Removes an entry from a dictionary.

Description

This function removes an existing entry from the given dictionary.

Usage

removeDictionaryEntry(
  labbcat.url,
  manager.id,
  dictionary.id,
  key,
  entry = NULL
)

Arguments

labbcat.url	URL to the LaBB-CAT instance
manager.id	The layer manager ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
dictionary.id	The ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
key	The key (word) in the dictionary to remove an entry for.
entry	The value (definition) for the given key, or NULL to remove all entries for the key.

Details

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

Value

NULL if the entry was removed, or a list of error messages if not.

See Also

getDictionaries

getDictionaryEntries

Examples

## Not run: 
## Remove a pronuciation of the word "robert" from the CELEX wordform pronunciation dictionary
removeDictionaryEntry(labbcat.url, "CELEX-EN", "Phonology (wordform)", "robert", "'rQ-bErt")

## End(Not run)

nzilbb.labbcat documentation built on July 26, 2023, 6:08 p.m.