Ruby | String chop Method

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