del.h: Delete a Key-Value Pair in a Hash

In wasquith-usgs/rash: Short Syntax Hashing Utilities on R Environments

Description

This function deletes a key-value pairing within a hash.

Usage

del.h(key, hash)

Arguments

key	A key for the hash, which will be cast into as.character() before using the assign() function.
hash	An R environment but for purposes here a hash.

Value

The function returns TRUE or FALSE depending upon the presence and presumably the effect of deletion.

Author(s)

W.H. Asquith, Spring 2009

Examples

my.new.hash <- new.h()
set.h("author",  "william", my.new.hash)
set.h("keyword", "hail", my.new.hash)
del.h("keyword", my.new.hash)

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