Perl chop equivalent in Python?

[Fredrik Lundh]

pem at my-deja.com> wrote:
> Is there an equivalent command to chop (the perl command) in Python?  If
> not, is there some easy way to use existing commands to do this simple
> task?  I need to do it frequently and would like to have a readily
> available command that does not require much programming.  Thanks in
> advance.

www.python.org => search => newsgroup search for
"chop" => a whole bunch of hits, including this one by
François Pinard:

    http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=583863832

    ...

    To chop (even if line is truly empty):
    
      line = line[:-1]
    
    To chomp:
    
      if line and line[-1] == '\n':
          line = line[:-1]

    ...

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