Re: Chomp method

""Mr" == "Mr Shawn H Corey" <shawnhcorey@xxxxxxxx> writes:

"Mr> On Wed, 2006-26-04 at 23:07 -0700, Jaime Murillo wrote:
The good way to learn how a function works is to use the perldoc utility.

"Mr> A good way to learn how a function works is to write a small program to
"Mr> test it. There is nothing like hands-on experience.

Unless your experience doesn't stumble across the corner cases. Nothing
can replace reading a good specification.

For example, almost no amount of experimentation will stumble across
how chomp actually removes $/, not just "\n".

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