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2.3.6 Deleting

 

A variable may be deleted from a single-file CDF.gif Deleting a variable also causes the deletion of the corresponding attribute entries for the variable. The disk space used by the variable definition, the variable's data records, and the corresponding attribute entries becomes available for use as needed by the CDF library. Also, the variables which numerically follow the variable being deleted are renumbered immediately. (Each is decremented by one.) Variables are deleted using the <DELETE_,rVAR_> and <DELETE_,zVAR_> operations of the Internal Interface.



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