How to purge a table of its contents?

[ThomasDan]

I'm creating a refresh button, so my logic is as follows: 

1. Clear the table of its current values. 

2. Read from files again and pull into table. 

I can achieve #2 but I don't know how to go about the first bit. It's a table with 3 columns and multiple rows of data. Please help. 

I'm on labview 2018.

[GerdW]

Hi Thomas,

no need for item#1, when you write new data into the table indicator in step #2...

[altenbach]

A plain table displays whatever is in the wire, nothing to clear.

However, you are not showing us any code, so you might be using dynamic data and express table tools, which might retain data.

For further help, we need to see what you are doing, so attach your VI. Thanks.

[rolfk]

For a normal table control you achieve 1) by wiring an empty 2D array of string constant to the terminal (or a local of the control). However if you are going to load the new data immediately after that to write it to the table control the emptying of the table is completely superficial.