How do you remove all elements from a repeated Proto field in Python?

Question

Suppose I have the .proto file:

message Bar { }

message Foo {
  repeated Bar bars = 1;
}

How can you delete all of the elements in the field bar?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '20 at 18:56

4

Use a combination of del and [:]:

del foo.bars[:]

answered Nov 25 '20 at 18:56

michaelrbock

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '20 at 05:52

2

You can use foo.ClearField('bars') or del foo.bars[:].

answered Nov 26 '20 at 05:52

cs95

2 Answers2