How to get rid the new line

[Paul Rubin]

"James T. Dennis" <jadestar at idiom.com> writes:
>  Could try this:
> 
> 	def chomp(line):
> 		if line[-1]=='\n':
> 			line=line[:-1]
> 		return line
> 
>  (or variations thereon, to satisfy other semantic requirements).

If you don't mind removing all trailing whitespace, there's also

  line = line.strip()

or more portably

   import string
   line = string.strip(line)