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Delete Last

Description

This operation deletes values from the end of the list and returns them in the response.

Method

Backendless.Hive(hiveName).ListStore(keyName).deleteLast(count): Promise<values[]>;

where:

Argument                Description
hiveName Name of a hive where the operation is performed. String value.
keyName Key name identifying a list. String value.
count Optional parameter, defaults to 1. Specify the number of elements to delete from the end of the list.

Return Value

An array containing deleted values.

Example

The example below deletes 2 values from the end of the 'fruits' list.

await Backendless.Hive('demoHive').ListStore('fruits').deleteLast(2)

where:

Argument                Description
'demoHive' Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
'fruits' Key name identifying a list to delete values.

You can also use this operation without the count parameter. When the count parameter is not used, then this operation always deletes the last item in the list.

await Backendless.Hive('demoHive').ListStore('fruits').deleteLast()

where:

Argument                Description
'demoHive' Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
'fruits' Key name identifying a list.


Codeless Reference
list_api_delete_last

where:

Argument                Description
hive name Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
key name Key name identifying a list.
position: last Instructs Hive to delete item(s) at the end of the list.
count Specifies the number of items to delete.

Returns a list containing deleted values.

Consider the following List storage:

list_api_example_get_values_2

The example below deletes the last value in the list:
list_api_example_delete_last