On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 09:23, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 07:15, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Can someone please explain me with an example of the usage chomp ()
>>> builtin function in perl.
>> snip
>>
>> The chomp function removes whatever is in the $/ variable from the
>> argument passed in (or $_ if no argument is passed in). The default
>> value of $/ is "\n". It is often used after reading a line to remove
>> the newline ("\n"):
>>
>
> Hi Chas
>
> $/ variable is a line separator variable whereas $_ is a default
> variable. Please explain me when you said no argument is passed
> so what i understand is chomp $line means $line is a argument ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kaushal
>
Yes, $line is an argument that is passed to chomp in the code I sent
earlier. When you say
chomp $line;
then the $line variable will be affected, but if you say
chomp;
then the $_ variable will be affected.
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