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Ruby | String chop Method

Last Updated : 17 Jun, 2021
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chop is a String class method in Ruby which is used to return a new String with the last character removed. Both characters are removed if the string ends with \r\n, b. Applying chop to an empty string returns an empty string.
 

Syntax:str.chop
Parameters: Here, str is the given string.
Returns: A new string having no record separator. 
 


Example 1: 
 

Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the chop method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method 
puts "Ruby".chop
puts "Ruby\r\n".chop 

Output: 
 

Rub
Ruby


Example 2:
 

Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the chop method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method 
puts "String\r\n\r\r\n".chop

# Removing two characters 
puts "Method".chop.chop

Output: 
 

String

Meth


 


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