---
name: chop
status: documented
runtime: pp
source: src/runtime/pp/strings/chomp.rs
---
```{index} single: chop; Perl built-in (pp runtime)
```

# chop

## Synopsis

```perl
$char = chop($var);
$char = chop(@list);
chop $var;
```

## Description

Removes the last character from each argument. Returns the last
character removed (from the final argument).

Unlike `chomp`, `chop` always removes exactly one character regardless
of `$/`. Operates on each element when given an array. Returns the
last character removed. Correctly handles multi-byte UTF-8 characters.

## See also

chomp