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diff --git a/doc/lremove.n b/doc/lremove.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59d261b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/lremove.n @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 2019 Donal K. Fellows. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH lremove n 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +lremove \- Remove elements from a list by index +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBlremove \fIlist\fR ?\fIindex ...\fR? +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBlremove\fR returns a new list formed by simultaneously removing zero or +more elements of \fIlist\fR at each of the indices given by an arbirary number +of \fIindex\fR arguments. The indices may be in any order and may be repeated; +the element at index will only be removed once. The index values are +interpreted the same as index values for the command \fBstring index\fR, +supporting simple index arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the +list. 0 refers to the first element of the list, and \fBend\fR refers to the +last element of the list. +.SH EXAMPLES +.PP +Removing the third element of a list: +.PP +.CS +% \fBlremove\fR {a b c d e} 2 +a b d e +.CE +.PP +Removing two elements from a list: +.PP +.CS +% \fBlremove\fR {a b c d e} end-1 1 +a c e +.CE +.PP +Removing the same element indicated in two different ways: +.PP +.CS +% \fBlremove\fR {a b c d e} 2 end-2 +a b d e +.CE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +list(n), lappend(n), lassign(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n), +lmap(n), lpop(n), lrange(n), lrepeat(n), lreplace(n), +lreverse(n), lsearch(n), lset(n), lsort(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +element, list, remove +.\" Local variables: +.\" mode: nroff +.\" fill-column: 78 +.\" End: |