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.. rst-class:: align-right

**built-in method**

.. index:: pair: !/0; Built-in method
.. _methods_cut_0:

``!/0``
=======

Description
-----------

::

   !

Always succeeds with the side-effect of discarding choice-points. See also
the ISO Prolog standard definition. This built-in method is declared as a
public method and can be used as a message to an object.

Modes and number of proofs
--------------------------

::

   ! - one

Errors
------

(none)

Examples
--------

(none)

.. seealso::

   :ref:`methods_true_0`,
   :ref:`methods_fail_0`,
   :ref:`methods_false_0`,
   :ref:`methods_repeat_0`
