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

# pop

## Synopsis

```perl
my $val = pop @array;
pop @array;              # discard removed element
```

## Description

Removes and returns the last element of an array.

Removes the last element from the array and returns it. If the array
is empty, returns `undef`. The array shrinks by one element.

## See also

push, shift, unshift, splice