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LookupByPath.deleteItem() method

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Deletes an item if it exists.

Signature:

deleteItem(query: string, delimeter?: string): boolean;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
query	string	The path to the item to delete
delimeter	string	(Optional) Optional override delimeter for parsing the query

Returns:

boolean

true if the item was found and deleted, false otherwise

Remarks

If the node has children with values, they will be retained.