PERL chop Function

Syntax

chomp VARIABLE chomp( LIST ) chomp

Definition and Usage

Removes the last character from EXPR, each element of LIST, or $_ if no value is specified.

Return Value

• The character removed from EXPR
• In list context, The character removed from the last element of LIST

Example

#!/usr/bin/perl $string1 = "This is test"; $retval = chop( $string1 ); print " Choped String is : $string1n"; print " Character removed : $retvaln";

This will produce following result

Choped String is : This is tes Number of characters removed : t