_Added in 1.9.0_

*/hdel [-sw] <name> <item>*

Deletes an item from a hash table.

_See also [[/hsave]], [[/hload]], [[/hmake]], [[/hfree]], [[$hget]], [[$hfind]]._

*Switches*

table(ktable).
|*Switch*|*Description*|
| -s | Displays the result. |
| -w | Indicates item is a [[Scripting_Wildcards<notextile>|</notextile>wildcard]]. |

*Parameters*

table(ktable).
|*Parameter*|*Description*|
| &lt;name&gt; | The hashtable to delete from. |
| &lt;item&gt; | The hashtable item to delete. |

*Example*

<pre>
alias example {
  ; Create a hash table
  /hadd -m example academic a

   ; Add some items to the hash table..
  /hadd example academy a
  /hadd example accelerate a
  /hadd example accelerator a
  /hadd example accept a
  /hadd example access a
  /hadd example accident a
  /hadd example because b
 
  ; Print number of items.
  //echo -a $hget(example, 0).item
 
  ; Remove everything matching wildcard 'a*'.
  /hdel -w example a*
 
  ; Print number of items.
  //echo -a $hget(example, 0).item
 
  ; Free table.
  /hfree example
}
</pre>