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<div><h1>remove -- remove an entry from a hash table</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>remove(x,k)</tt> -- removes the entry stored in the hash table <tt>x</tt> under the key <tt>k</tt>.<p/>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : x = new MutableHashTable from {a => 1, b => 2}
o1 = MutableHashTable{...2...}
o1 : MutableHashTable</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : remove(x,a)</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : x
o3 = MutableHashTable{...1...}
o3 : MutableHashTable</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>remove</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>remove(HashTable,Thing)</li>
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