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Delete[expr, n]
deletes the element at position n in expr. If n is negative, the position is counted from the end.

Delete[expr, {i, j, ...}]
deletes the part at position {i, j, ...}.

Delete[expr, {{i₁, j₁, ...}, {i₂, j₂, ...}, ...}]
deletes parts at several positions.

MORE INFORMATION

Deleting the head of a particular element in an expression is equivalent to applying FlattenAt to the expression at that point. »

Deleting the head of a whole expression makes the head be Sequence. »

Delete works on SparseArray objects.

Basic Examples (4)

Delete the element at position 3:

Delete at position 2 from the end:

Delete at positions 1 and 3:

Delete in a 2D array:

Generalizations & Extensions (3)

Properties & Relations (1)

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