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Deleting elements

 


tex2html_wrap_inline33790 tex2html_wrap_inline33790 Syntax

BD>xelement : tex2html_wrap_inline34754 [, tex2html_wrap_inline34756 ...] tex2html_wrap_inline33712

where tex2html_wrap_inline34760 are the names of elements or bases.

tex2html_wrap_inline33806 tex2html_wrap_inline33806

This command deletes elements. The arguments specify a collection of elements which are to be deleted. Any bases whose names appear in the argument list are not deleted unless all their elements are deleted. Wildcards may be used with this command. See §6.2 for details of specifying collections for the definition part.

If XELEMENT:  is requested to remove a specific element which it fails to recognise, a warning is reported.

The contents of bases are always checked after elements have been deleted, and if any bases have become redundant as a result, they are also deleted.

When an element is deleted, and if this element is the name of a node defined via the GRID:  command for influence diagram use, then the node is deleted, and also deleted are any arcs connecting this node to any other node. 



David Wooff
Wed Oct 21 15:14:31 BST 1998