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instance method

String#chop

() -> ::String

chop → new_string

static VALUE
rb_str_chop(VALUE str)
{
    return rb_str_subseq(str, 0, chopped_length(str));
}

Returns a new string copied from self, with trailing characters possibly removed.

Removes "\r\n" if those are the last two characters.

Example

"abc\r\n".chop      # => "abc"
"こんにちは\r\n".chop # => "こんにちは"

Otherwise removes the last character if it exists.

Example

'abcd'.chop     # => "abc"
'こんにちは'.chop # => "こんにち"
''.chop         # => ""

If you only need to remove the newline separator at the end of the string, String#chomp is a better alternative.

Ruby version changes

See also #chop! #chomp! #chomp #chr also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0