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<div><h1>delete -- delete elements of a list</h1>
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<div><tt>delete(x,v)</tt> -- removes any occurrences of the expression <tt>x</tt> from the list <tt>v</tt>.<p/>
Equality is determined with <a href="___Thing_sp_eq_eq_eq_sp__Thing.html" title="strict equality">===</a>, which is quick.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : delete(c,{a,b,c,d,e,a,b,c,d,e})
o1 = {a, b, d, e, a, b, d, e}
o1 : List</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_member.html" title="test membership in a list or set">member</a> -- test membership in a list or set</span></li>
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