delete an element from an array

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Sunday 24 October 2010 04:24:07 Adam Cigánek wrote:
> remove removes element at a given offset. I want to remove element
> with a given value. This is example shows it better:
> 
>   auto a = ["foo", "bar", "baz"];
>   auto b = delete(a, "bar");
> 
>   assert(["foo", "baz"] == b);
> 
> 
> adam.
> 
> 2010/10/24 Simen kjaeraas <simen.kjaras at gmail.com>:
> > On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:02:24 +0200, Adam Cigánek <adam.ciganek at gmail.com>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> Is there a function in the standard library to delete an element from
> >> an array (or range)? Something like:
> >> 
> >>  auto a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
> >>  auto b = delete(a, 4);
> >> 
> >>  assert([1, 2, 3, 4, 6] == b);
> >> 
> >> I've noticed there is eliminate in std.algorithm, which seems to be
> >> doing just that, but it's commented out.
> >> 
> >> It's not difficult to roll my own, (with the help of indexOf and
> >> remove), but I thought that this is pretty common operation so it
> >> should be in the standard library.
> > 
> > std.algorithm has remove, which does what you want.
> > 
> > --
> > Simen

Well, then use indexOf() to get the offset and remove() to remove the element.

- Jonathan M Davis