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DeleteWorkspaces v1

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DeleteWorkspaces dialog.

Summary

Removes a list of workspaces from memory.

See Also

DeleteWorkspace

Properties

Name

Direction

Type

Default

Description

WorkspaceList

Input

str list

Mandatory

A list of the workspaces to delete.

Description

If workspaces in the WorkspaceList exist then it is removed from Mantid.

Usage

Example - Delete using a list of objects

# A small test workspace, with sample_ws as the handle
sample_ws = CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0)
sample_ws2 = CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0)

DeleteWorkspaces([sample_ws,sample_ws2])

print("sample_ws exists in mantid: {}".format("sample_ws" in mtd))
print("sample_ws2 exists in mantid: {}".format("sample_ws2" in mtd))

Output:

sample_ws exists in mantid: False
sample_ws2 exists in mantid: False

Example - Delete using a string list

# A small test workspace, with sample_ws as the handle
CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0, OutputWorkspace="single_value")
CreateSingleValuedWorkspace(5.0, OutputWorkspace="single_value2")

DeleteWorkspaces("single_value, single_value2")

print("single_value exists in mantid: {}".format("single_value" in mtd))
print("single_value2 exists in mantid: {}".format("single_value2" in mtd))

Output:

single_value exists in mantid: False
single_value2 exists in mantid: False

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | Utility\Workspaces

Source

C++ header: DeleteWorkspaces.h

C++ source: DeleteWorkspaces.cpp