perl chomp equivalent in python?

[François Pinard]

"a.c.a. serier" <a.serier at hccnet.nl> writes:

> Perl has chomp() to do this.

To chop (even if line is truly empty):

  line = line[:-1]

To chomp:

  if line and line[-1] == '\n':
      line = line[:-1]

You may remove the test for line if you know that it is not empty.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard