# Copyright 2018 Regents of the University of Colorado. All Rights Reserved.
# Released under the MIT license.
# This software was developed at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
# Verify current version before use at: https://github.com/MAVENSDC/PyTplot
import pyspedas
import fnmatch
import logging
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def del_data(name=None):
"""
This function will delete tplot variables that are already stored in memory.
Parameters
----------
name : str or list[str]
Names of the tplot variables to be deleted. If no name is provided, then
all tplot variables will be deleted. (wildcards accepted)
Returns
-------
None
Examples
--------
>>> # Delete Variable 1
>>> import pyspedas
>>> pyspedas.del_data("Variable1")
"""
if name is None:
name = '*'
names=pyspedas.tnames(name)
if len(names) < 1:
logging.warning("del_data: No valid tplot variables found, returning")
return
for name in names:
if isinstance(pyspedas.tplot_tools.data_quants[name], dict):
temp_data_quants = pyspedas.tplot_tools.data_quants[name]
str_name = temp_data_quants['name']
else:
temp_data_quants = pyspedas.tplot_tools.data_quants[name]
str_name = temp_data_quants.name
del pyspedas.tplot_tools.data_quants[str_name]
return