The delete operator removes a key/value pair from an associative array. : delete « Hash « Perl






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The delete operator removes a key/value pair from an associative array.

    

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# Deleting hash elements.
$hash{"Name"} = "A";
$hash{"Address"} = "B";
$hash{"City"} = "C";

print ' Print keys before deletion.';
@key_names = keys(%hash);

print "Key names are: @key_names\n\n";

print 'Delete item and print.';
delete $hash{"Address"};

print ' Print keys after .';
@key_names = keys(%hash);

print "Key names now: @key_names\n\n";








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