> the chomp(EXP) function remove the last character from EXP(or $_) only if > that character is a newline for your OS. chomp() knows what newline your OS > uses so you don't have to worry about it. again, chomp doesn't remove > spaces(unless you happen to treat newline and space is the same).
Actually chomp removes any trailing string that is the same as the contents of $/. perldoc -f chomp, perldoc perlvar. By default $/ is set to a newline. You can do something like this local $/ = " "; my $str = "abc "; chomp ($str); print "$str###\n"; This will print abc###, the three trailing spaces are removed by chomp. Ofcourse the contents of $/ can only be a string not a regex. This means you cannot use this to remove any number trailing spaces. The regex is the right way to do it :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
