I don't think you understand how chomp() works:
perldoc -f chomp chomp VARIABLE
chomp LIST
chomp This safer version of the chop entry elsewhere in this document removes any trailing string that corresponds to the current value of `$/' (also known as $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR in the `English' module). It returns the total number of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ characters removed from all its arguments. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I've always thought that behaviour kinda weird myself (though now it's become second nature). I like the way Ruby has two versions for chop/chomp:
newstring = str.chomp; # leave original untouched str.chomp!; # update original inplace
Of course, method names with punctuation take a little getting used to.
Randy.
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