Erase

Statement

ERASE arrays

Description

ERASE reinitializes fixed-size arrays, and releases memory allocated for dynamic-array storage. The required component, arrays, is a comma separated list of one or more array variables.

Example

REM ERASE Example
'ERASE reinitializes arrays
DIM Children(3)
Children(0) = "Eric"
Children(1) = "Kenny"
Children(2) = "Kyle"
Children(3) = "Stan"
PrintArray Children, 4
ERASE Children
PrintArray Children, 4
FUNCTION PrintArray(arr, elements)
  DIM i
  FOR i = 1 to elements
    PRINT "#" & i&":","("&arr(i-1)&")"
  NEXT
  PRINT
END FUNCTION

Output

#1:    (Eric)
#2:    (Kenny)
#3:    (Kyle)
#4:    (Stan)
#1:    ()
#2:    ()
#3:    ()
#4:    ()

Related Items

ARRAY, DIM