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This functionality is obsolete. It should not be used in new IDL code.

DELETE_SYMBOL

The DELETE_SYMBOL procedure deletes a DCL (Digital Command Language) interpreter symbol for the current process.


Note
This procedure is available on VMS only.

Syntax

DELETE_SYMBOL, Name [, TYPE={1 | 2}]

Arguments

Name

A scalar string containing the name of the symbol to be deleted.

Keywords

TYPE

Indicates the table from which Name will be deleted. Set TYPE to 1 to specify the local symbol table. Set TYPE to 2 to specify the global symbol table. The default is to search the local table.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)