Added dataset wipe.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tablib/core.py b/tablib/core.py
index 3f79a36..e368bab 100644
--- a/tablib/core.py
+++ b/tablib/core.py
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ class Dataset(object):
 			self._data.insert(i, tuple(row))
 		elif col:
 			pass
+			
+	
+	def wipe(self):
+		"""Erases all data from Dataset."""
+		self._data = list()
+		self.__headers = None
 
 
 class Databook(object):
diff --git a/test_tablib.py b/test_tablib.py
index 6758daa..54ab6f3 100755
--- a/test_tablib.py
+++ b/test_tablib.py
@@ -230,6 +230,21 @@ class TablibTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 		new_data = tablib.formats.csv.import_set(str(data.csv))
 #		print new_data
 
+	def test_wipe(self):
+		"""Purge a dataset."""
+		
+		new_row = (1, 2, 3)
+		data.append(new_row)
+
+		# Verify width/data
+		self.assertTrue(data.width == len(new_row))
+		self.assertTrue(data[0] == new_row)
+		
+		data.wipe()
+		new_row = (1, 2, 3, 4)
+		data.append(new_row)
+		self.assertTrue(data.width == len(new_row))
+		self.assertTrue(data[0] == new_row)
 		
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	unittest.main()