//delete the given record from the indices

getline(in, nameKey, '\n');
Record nameRecord(nameKey);
idx = strHash(nameKey, tableSize);

//if record exists
if ( hash.get(idx, nameRecord) && hash.remove(idx, nameRecord) ) {

    logFile << setw(8)  << "delete " 
            << setw(20) << nameKey 
            << setw(12) << "succeeded"
            << "the record at file position: " 
            << nameRecord.getLocation() << endl
            << setw(40) << "" 
            << "has been removed from the indices" << endl << endl;

    //get the zip code and remove the corresponding record from the inverted table
    textFile.seekg(nameRecord.getLocation());  //goto record on file
    textFile.ignore(100, '\n');  //skip the name line
    textFile.ignore(100, '\n');  //skip the street line
    textFile.ignore(100, '\t');  //skip to the state field
    textFile.ignore(100, '\t');  //skip to the zip code field
    textFile >> zipKey;  //read the zip key

    //get list of zipRecords from the iverted table
    Record zipRecord(zipKey);
    list<Record> recordList = invT.get(zipRecord);

    //remove all zipRecords whos key == zipKey from inverted table
    while ( invT.remove(zipRecord) );

    //remove the zipRecord with a byte offset equal to the nameRecord's
    //byte offset from the list of records previously gotten with invT.get(...)
    //and re-insert the zipRecords with a byte offset NOT EQUAL to the 
    //nameRecord's byte offset.
    for ( list<Record>::iterator i = recordList.begin(); 
          i != recordList.end(); i++ ) {

        //get the location from a zipRecord and compare it with the 
        //nameRecord that was deleted
        if ( nameRecord != i->getLocation() )
        invT.insert(*i);
    }
}
else {
    logFile << setw(8)  << "delete " 
            << setw(20) << nameKey 
            << setw(12) << "failed" 
            << "the record does not exist" << endl << endl;
}