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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=390145420-04022011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>line ends in windows tend to be \r\n.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>comp safely removes one line end character, as aposed to chop
that removed one cjharacter from the end of a line.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>so chomp$_; chomp $_; is safe and will work on any computer
OS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
toronto-pm-bounces+mfowle=navicominc.com@pm.org
[mailto:toronto-pm-bounces+mfowle=navicominc.com@pm.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Omid Gulban<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 04, 2011 3:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
tpm@to.pm.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [tpm] chomp problem<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2>Hello All,<BR><BR>I have a simple script shown
below:<BR>on windows xp platform.<BR><BR><BR><BR>use warnings;<BR>use
strict;<BR><BR>while (<DATA>)
{<BR> chomp
$_;<BR> print
"$_";<BR>}<BR><BR>__END__<BR>a<BR>b<BR>c<BR>d<BR>e<BR>f<BR>g<BR>h<BR><BR><BR>Why
do I get an output that looks like
this:<BR>a<BR>ab<BR>bc<BR>cd<BR>de<BR>ef<BR>fg<BR>ghh<BR><BR>I expected to
see:<BR>abcdefg<BR><BR><BR>Thanks<BR>O<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>