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abolish/1

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removes all clauses identified by its predicate indicator.

abolish(+Predicate)

abolish/1 removes all clauses identified by Predicate from the database as if they had never existed.

Arguments

Predicate              compound term with form: atom/integer

Examples

There exists a database with clauses:
   colour(blue).
   colour(yellow).
   colour(blue, yellow, green).
   add(X,Y,Z) :- Z is X+Y.

abolish(colour/1). Succeeds, leaving the database with the clauses
colour(blue,yellow, green).
add(X,Y,Z) :- Z is X+Y.
abolish(something/4). Succeeds, leaving the database unchanged.

Standard

This predicate is part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.

See also

asserta/1, assertz/1, collect/3, load/1, unload/1, loaded/1/2, retract/1, retractall/1.

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