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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: Removing associative array entries
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Date: 9 Apr 91 18:18:00 GMT
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From the keyboard of jimmy@pyra.co.uk (Jimmy Aitken):
:In the case above, the entry in the array ($value) is undefined, but
:the name of the element is still there.  Is there any way to remove
:the name of the element sso it wont appear in the $key variable in the
:above example?

Use the delete operator.

    delete $a{$x};

--tom