[Chapter 3] 3.2.13 chomp
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:48:00Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.13 chomp

    chomp VARIABLE
    chomp LIST
    chomp

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 `LIST`).

3.2.12 chmod |  | 3.2.14 chop