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Map.remove
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Removes the given item from the map, if it exists.
Returns the removed item or null if it hadn't been added to the map.
| Usage | Returns | Map.remove(item) | Object |
| Argument | Type | Details | item | Object | The item to remove. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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