I create a lot of temporary datasets to perform statistics and when I use the 'del -a' command to delete all temporary datasets, they are not deleted. Instead, I have to delete each one by one. Can anybody help with this? I am using Origin 5.
In Origin 5.0 running on my computer the LabTalk script
create _tempdata -c 10; list s; del -a; list s;
shows that all temporary datasets do get deleted when the del -a; command gets executed. How are you creating your temporary datasets and what are their names?
Also, the script below should not be needed but works as well.
doc -e S {if(%[%C,1:1]=="_") delete %C;};
I hope this is helpful.
-Gary
[This message has been edited by Gary Lane (edited 03-22-2000).]
Yes, I see it now...the devil is always in the details! At this point I can not say if it is a bug or a documentation error but datasets created using the LabTalk command create -t do not get deleted by the delete -a command or when you close the current project file. I will check on this and have it fixed (one way or the other).
It is easy enough to work around this problem by preceding with an underscore character ("_") any dataset name that you want to be designated as "temporary." For example, the following command creates a truly temporary dataset that gets deleted by the del -a command or when you close the current project file.
create _tempdata -t 1000;
Thanks for the report.
-Gary
[This message has been edited by Gary Lane (edited 03-23-2000).]
Temporary datasets
Posted - 03/22/2000 : 12:52:00 PM
