MetaData::Remove()

Description

Remove() is used to remove the specified metadata item/value pairs from the MetaData object.

Call Signature

Remove ( string item_name [, string item_value [, int case_sensitivity_flag ] ] )

Arguments

string item_name:

A regular expression specifying the name(s) of the item(s) to remove. Can be NULL to specify all "*".

[ string item_value ]:

If this argument is present, this is a regular expression specifying the value(s) of the item(s) to remove. Use NULL to specify all "*".

[ int case_sensitivity_flag ]:

If this argument is present, it is used to indicate the case sensitiviy of comparisons. A value of 1 indicates case should be considered, 0 indicates case should be ignored. If missing the default is 0 (ignore case).

Remarks

Regular expressions are supported and are specified using the '?' to represent single characters, and '*' to represent groups of characters.

Example

 call mdata.Remove( "Class_1" )
 call mdata.Remove( "Class_*" )
 call mdata.Remove( "*","Water" )

See also

MetaData class