ERASE Statement
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 Action

 Reinitializes the elements of static arrays; deallocates dynamic arrays.


 Syntax

  ERASE  arrayname -,  arrayname-...


 Remarks

 The  arrayname arguments are the names of arrays to erase. It is important
 to know if this array is static or dynamic.  ERASE sets the elements of an
 array as follows.
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 If type of array is.                    ERASE sets array elements to.
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 Numeric static array                    Zeros.

 String static array                     Null strings ("").

 Array of records                        Zeros [mdash] all elements of each
                                         record, including fixed-string
                                         elements.


 Using  ERASE on a dynamic array frees the memory used by the array. Before
 your program can refer to the dynamic array again, it must redeclare the
 array's dimensions with a  DIM or  REDIM statement. If you redeclare the
 array's dimensions with a  DIM statement without first erasing it, BASIC
 generates the run-time error message Array already dimensioned. The  ERASE
 statement is not required when dimensions are redeclared with  REDIM.


 See Also

  CLEAR,  DIM,  REDIM


 Example

 The following example shows the use of  ERASE with the  $DYNAMIC and
 $STATIC metacommands.

 REM $DYNAMIC
 DIM A(100, 100)
 ' Deallocate array A.
 ERASE A
 ' Redeclare dimensions for array A.
 REDIM A(5, 5)

 REM $STATIC
 DIM B(50, 50)
 ' Set all elements of B equal to zero. (B still has the dimensions
 ' assigned by DIM.)
 ERASE B