3.2.13 chompchomp
This is a slightly safer version of
chop
(see below) in that it
removes only any line ending corresponding to the current value of
$/
, and not just any last character. Unlike
chop
,
chomp
returns the number of characters deleted. If
$/
is
empty (in paragraph mode),
chomp
removes all trailing newlines
from the selected string (or strings, if chomping a |
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