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| page_title: chomp - Functions - Configuration Language |
| description: The chomp function removes newline characters at the end of a string. |
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| # `chomp` Function |
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| `chomp` removes newline characters at the end of a string. |
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| This can be useful if, for example, the string was read from a file that has |
| a newline character at the end. |
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| ## Examples |
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| ``` |
| > chomp("hello\n") |
| hello |
| > chomp("hello\r\n") |
| hello |
| > chomp("hello\n\n") |
| hello |
| ``` |
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| ## Related Functions |
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| * [`trimspace`](/language/functions/trimspace), which removes all types of whitespace from |
| both the start and the end of a string. |
