Removes an entry from a dictionary. — removeDictionaryEntry • nzilbb.labbcat

This function removes an existing entry from the given dictionary.

removeDictionaryEntry(
  labbcat.url,
  manager.id,
  dictionary.id,
  key,
  entry = NULL
)

Arguments

labbcat.url: URL to the LaBB-CAT instance
manager.id: The layer manager ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
dictionary.id: The ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
key: The key (word) in the dictionary to remove an entry for.
entry: The value (definition) for the given key, or NULL to remove all entries for the key.

Value

NULL if the entry was removed, or a list of error messages if not.

Details

You must have edit privileges in LaBB-CAT in order to be able to use this function.

See also

getDictionaries

getDictionaryEntries

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## Remove a pronuciation of the word "robert" from the CELEX wordform pronunciation dictionary
removeDictionaryEntry(labbcat.url, "CELEX-EN", "Phonology (wordform)", "robert", "'rQ-bErt")
}