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===DESCRIPTION===
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'''delete''' removes objects or selections matching an expression ''name'', which can include wildcards.
'''delete''' removes an object or a selection.  
 
  
 
===USAGE===
 
===USAGE===
 
<source lang="python">
 
<source lang="python">
 
delete name   
 
delete name   
delete all  # deletes all objects
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delete all  # deletes all objects</source>
</source>
 
  
 
name = name of object or selection  
 
name = name of object or selection  
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cmd.delete(string name = object-or-selection-name )
 
cmd.delete(string name = object-or-selection-name )
 
</source>
 
</source>
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Note that special care needs to be taken to ensure that the object or selection name does not contain any quotes when passed as an argument.
  
 
===SEE ALSO===
 
===SEE ALSO===
[[Cmd remove|remove]]
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[[Remove|Remove]]
  
[[Category:Commands|delete]]
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[[Category:Commands|Delete]]
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[[Category:Input Output Module|Delete]]

Latest revision as of 12:26, 8 August 2011

delete removes objects or selections matching an expression name, which can include wildcards.

USAGE

delete name  
delete all   # deletes all objects

name = name of object or selection

PYMOL API

cmd.delete(string name = object-or-selection-name )

Note that special care needs to be taken to ensure that the object or selection name does not contain any quotes when passed as an argument.

SEE ALSO

Remove