function theResult = delete(varargin)
% ncitem/delete -- Delete one or more NetCDF items.
% delete(item1, item2, ...) deletes the items, all "ncitem"
% objects that must be associated with the same NetCDF file.
% Copyright (C) 1997 Dr. Charles R. Denham, ZYDECO.
% All Rights Reserved.
% Disclosure without explicit written consent from the
% copyright owner does not constitute publication.
% Version of 13-Aug-1997 16:50:10.
if nargin < 1, help(mfilename), return, end
theParent = parent(parent(varargin{1}));
result = delete(theParent, varargin{:});
if nargout > 0
theResult = result;
else
ncans(result)
end