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Ruby Ruby Foundations Strings String Methods: Part 1

Posted by Delete Delete
Delete Delete
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The .chomp method doesn't seem to be removing whitespace from the beginning

In the String Methods: Part 1, Jason goes over both the .chomp and the .chop methods.

He tells us that the .chomp method is supposed to remove whitespace from both the beginning and end of a string.

When I run this in my Ruby Console, it seems to be only removing whitespace at the end of a string (equivalent to the function of .chop)

Could someone clarify the two?

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Yeah, he says it, but documentation seems to differ. And chop has a different function than what you described.

http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.0/String.html#method-i-chomp