From a0bfd48d36b315baceee79a559c36c8144ccc231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joao Andrade <sousa.andrade.joao@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:29:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Support nested array wildcard deletion

---
 gabs.go      | 11 +++++++++++
 gabs_test.go | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gabs.go b/gabs.go
index c75e8de..85f418d 100644
--- a/gabs.go
+++ b/gabs.go
@@ -463,6 +463,17 @@ func (g *Container) Delete(hierarchy ...string) error {
 		if len(hierarchy) < 2 {
 			return errors.New("unable to delete array index at root of path")
 		}
+
+		// delete within one nested wildcard level
+		if hierarchy[1] == "*" {
+			for i := range array {
+				if obj, ok := array[i].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+					delete(obj, target)
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		index, err := strconv.Atoi(target)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse array index '%v': %v", target, err)
diff --git a/gabs_test.go b/gabs_test.go
index bcd0cd7..529cbcd 100644
--- a/gabs_test.go
+++ b/gabs_test.go
@@ -669,6 +669,19 @@ func TestDeletesWithArrays(t *testing.T) {
 	if actual := jsonParsed.String(); actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected result from array deletes: %v != %v", actual, expected)
 	}
+
+	jsonParsed, err = ParseJSON([]byte(rawJSON))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = jsonParsed.Delete("outter", "*", "bar"); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	expected = `{"outter":[{"foo":{"value1":10,"value2":22,"value3":32}},{"baz":{"value1":null,"value2":null,"value3":null}}]}`
+	if actual := jsonParsed.String(); actual != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected result from array deletes: %v != %v", actual, expected)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestExamples(t *testing.T) {