_Added in 1.9.0_

*/hfree [-sw] <name>*

Deletes a hash table.

_See also [[/hsave]], [[/hsave]], [[/hmake]], [[/hadd]], [[/hdel]], [[$hget]], [[$hfind]]._

*Switches*

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

*Parameters*

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

*Example*

<pre>
alias example {
  ;Create the hash table 'hash'.
  /hmake hash

  ;Print the hashtable size.
  echo -a $hget(hash) : $hget(hash).size

  ;Creates the hash table 'h' with 10 items.
  /hmake h 10

  ;Creates the hash table 'has' with 20 items.
  /hmake has 20

  ;Delete hash table 'hash'.
  /hfree -s hash

  ;Print the hashtable size.
  /echo -a $hget(h) : $hget(h).size - $hget(has) : $hget(has).size

  ;Deletes any hash tables matching h*
  /hfree -sw h*
}
</pre>