delete_row method

delete_row(table_index, row_index)

Deletes a row from a table.

def delete_row(self, table_index: int, row_index: int):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
table_indexintThe index of the table.
row_indexintThe index of the row in the table.

Remarks

If the cursor is inside the row that is being deleted, the cursor is moved out to the next row or to the next paragraph after the table.

If you delete a row from a table that contains only one row, the whole table is deleted.

For the index parameters, when index is greater than or equal to 0, it specifies an index from the beginning with 0 being the first element. When index is less than 0, it specified an index from the end with -1 being the last element.

Returns

The row node that was just removed.

Examples

Shows how to delete a row from a table.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
table = builder.start_table()
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Row 1, cell 1.')
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Row 1, cell 2.')
builder.end_row()
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Row 2, cell 1.')
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Row 2, cell 2.')
builder.end_table()
self.assertEqual(2, table.rows.count)
# Delete the first row of the first table in the document.
builder.delete_row(0, 0)
self.assertEqual(1, table.rows.count)
self.assertEqual('Row 2, cell 1.\x07Row 2, cell 2.\x07\x07', table.get_text().strip())

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