# Alternative Syntax for the DELETE Statement

In Intel® Fortran, you can specify the following form of the DELETE statement when deleting records from a relative file:

DELETE (io-unit 'r [, ERR=label] [, IOSTAT=i-var])

io-unit | Is the number of the logical unit containing the record to be deleted.
r | Is the positional number of the record to be deleted.
label | Is the label of an executable statement that receives control if an error condition occurs.
i-var | Is a scalar integer variable that is defined as a positive integer if an error occurs and zero if no error occurs.

This form deletes the direct access record specified by r.

Parent topic: Additional Language Features

## See Also

DELETE statement