Process.delete

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delete(key)

Specs

delete(term()) :: term() | nil

Deletes the given key from the process dictionary.

Returns the value that was under key in the process dictionary, or nil if key was not stored in the process dictionary.

Examples

iex> Process.put(:comments, ["comment", "other comment"])
iex> Process.delete(:comments)
["comment", "other comment"]
iex> Process.delete(:comments)
nil