.clear()

Published May 10, 2022Updated Dec 21, 2022

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The .clear() method removes all elements of a map. This destroys the elements in the container making the new size of the container to be 0.

Syntax

This method is applied by adding .clear() to the end of the specified mapName:

mapName.clear()

Codebyte Example

The following codebyte example clears the items of the supplies map:


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