[Newbies] How to empty a collection?

Ron Teitelbaum Ron at USMedRec.com
Tue Feb 19 01:02:07 UTC 2008


Hi Sophie,

aCollection copy do: [:anElement | 
	aCollection remove: anElement
].

Why copy?  If you start removing items from the collection, increasing the
index will cause you to skip elements.  

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: itsme213
> 
> I want to clear its contents (size goes back to zero), and can't seem to
> find something like #clear or #empty. Cannot use a new collection as there
> are shared references to it.
> 
> Thanks - Sophie




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