#!/usr/bin/perl -w

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# class5_01_chomp1
#
# experiment: what DOES chomp return?
#
# modified by Sharon Tuttle from "Learning Perl",
#    by Schartz and Phoenix
#
# last modified: 4-21-03
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$val1 = "dog";
$val2 = "dog\n";

$chomp_return1 = chomp($val1);
$chomp_return2 = chomp($val2);

# $val3 is undef, to see what chomp returns then!

$chomp_return3 = chomp($val3);

print  "chomp(\$val1) returns $chomp_return1\n";
print  "chomp(\$val2) returns $chomp_return2\n";
print  "chomp(\$val3) returns $chomp_return3\n";

# end of class5_01_chomp1