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<span class="pageSubtitle">Remove item from $list</span>
<span class="pageSubtitle">Remove item from $list</span>


<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $ListRem function is the [[RemoveItem (Stringlist function)]].</p>
<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $ListRem function is <var>[[RemoveItem (Stringlist function)|RemoveItem]]</var>.</p>


This function removes an item from a $list, decrementing the item numbers of all items which follow.  
This function removes an item from a $list, decrementing the item numbers of all items which follow.  
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<p class="syntax">[%RESULT =] $ListRem(list_identifier, item_num)
<p class="syntax">[%RESULT =] $ListRem(list_identifier, item_num)
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<p>%result is the number of items remaining in the $list after the removal, or is a negative number if an error has occurred.</p>
<p>%result is the number of items remaining in the $list after the removal, or is a negative number if an error has occurred.</p>


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===Error codes===
-5 - Required argument not specified
<p class="code">-5 - Required argument not specified
-6 - $List identifier invalid
-6 - $List identifier invalid
-7 - Item number not found in $list
-7 - Item number not found in $list
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<p class="caption">$ListRem Error Codes
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Consecutive $list leaf pages that are made relatively empty with <var>$ListRem</var> will not be merged together. Because of this, heavy use of [[$ListIns]] and <var>$ListRem</var> can result in "sparse" $lists which place an unnecessary burden on the buffer pool and CCATEMP. It can also result in an inability to add an item to the end of the $list (via [[$ListAdd]]) because of a full pointer page, even though the $list is nowhere near the theoretical capacity for a $list. To make matters worse, <var>$ListCpy</var> does a page-for-page copy of a $list so does not result in any compression of the resultant $list. $List compression can be done using the [[$List_Copy_Items]] function.<p>
==Usage notes==
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<li>Consecutive $list leaf pages that are made relatively empty with <var>$ListRem</var> will not be merged together. Because of this, heavy use of [[$ListIns]] and <var>$ListRem</var> can result in "sparse" $lists which place an unnecessary burden on the buffer pool and CCATEMP. It can also result in an inability to add an item to the end of the $list (via [[$ListAdd]]) because of a full pointer page, even though the $list is nowhere near the theoretical capacity for a $list. To make matters worse, <var>$ListCpy</var> does a page-for-page copy of a $list so does not result in any compression of the resultant $list. $List compression can be done using the [[$List_Copy_Items]] function.<p>
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==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==  
==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==  
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<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li>
<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li>
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
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[[Category:$Functions|$ListRem]]
[[Category:$Functions|$ListRem]]

Revision as of 23:06, 18 July 2013

Remove item from $list

Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $ListRem function is RemoveItem.

This function removes an item from a $list, decrementing the item numbers of all items which follow.

The $ListRem function accepts two arguments and returns a numeric result. It is a callable $function.

The first argument is a $list identifier. This is a required argument.

The second argument is a number that specifies the item number in the $list. This is a required argument. The number of items remaining in the $list after the removal is returned as the result of this function. If removal of an item makes a CCATEMP $list page empty, that page is removed from use by the $list. Except for sorted lists which are only one page in size, space taken up by the removed item is made available on the $list page. If there are no items remaining after the removal, the $list is deleted.

Syntax

[%RESULT =] $ListRem(list_identifier, item_num)

%result is the number of items remaining in the $list after the removal, or is a negative number if an error has occurred.

Error codes

-5 - Required argument not specified -6 - $List identifier invalid -7 - Item number not found in $list

Usage notes

  • Consecutive $list leaf pages that are made relatively empty with $ListRem will not be merged together. Because of this, heavy use of $ListIns and $ListRem can result in "sparse" $lists which place an unnecessary burden on the buffer pool and CCATEMP. It can also result in an inability to add an item to the end of the $list (via $ListAdd) because of a full pointer page, even though the $list is nowhere near the theoretical capacity for a $list. To make matters worse, $ListCpy does a page-for-page copy of a $list so does not result in any compression of the resultant $list. $List compression can be done using the $List_Copy_Items function.

Products authorizing $ListRem