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DeleteWorkspace v1¶

DeleteWorkspace dialog.

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Summary
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Properties
Description
Usage
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Summary ¶

Removes a workspace from memory.

Properties ¶

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
Workspace	Input	Workspace	Mandatory	Name of the workspace to delete.

Description ¶

If the input workspace exists then it is removed from Mantid.

Usage ¶

Example - Delete using a handle

# A small test workspace, with sample_ws as the handle
sample_ws = CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0)

DeleteWorkspace(sample_ws)

print("sample_ws exists in mantid: {}".format("sample_ws" in mtd))

Output:

sample_ws exists in mantid: False

Example - Delete using a string

# A small test workspace, with sample_ws as the handle
CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0, OutputWorkspace="single_value")

DeleteWorkspace("single_value")

print("single_value exists in mantid: {}".format("single_value" in mtd))