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instance method

String#rstrip

() -> ::String
rstrip → new_string

Returns a copy of the receiver with trailing whitespace removed; see Whitespace in Strings:

Example
whitespace = "\x00\t\n\v\f\r "
s = whitespace + 'abc' + whitespace
s        # => "\u0000\t\n\v\f\r abc\u0000\t\n\v\f\r "
s.rstrip # => "\u0000\t\n\v\f\r abc"

Related: String#lstrip, String#strip.

Ruby version changes

  1. 3.0
See also #rstrip! #rpartition #rjust #scan also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0