# EDELETE

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# Description

Deletes selected records from a file according to record list or selection criteria clauses. It takes the general form:

EDELETE file-specifier [record-list | selection-criteria]

EDELETE requires an implicit or explicit record list, or selection criteria. An implicit list can be provided by preceding the command with a SELECT, GET-LIST or other list-providing command.

EDELETE will immediately delete the specified records.

To clear all the records in a file, use the CLEAR-FILE command.

# Examples

:EDELETE SALES "ABC" "DEF"
2 Records deleted

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Delete the records ABC and DEF based on the explicit list of records.

:EDELETE SALES IF P.CODE = "GHI]"
n Records deleted

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Delete all records in the SALES file in which the P.CODE field starts with GHI.

:SELECT SALES WITH S.CODE = "ABC"
n Records selected
>EDELETE SALES
n Records deleted

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Selects all records in the SALES file in which the S.CODE field contains ABC, and deletes them.

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