chop

remove last item from given collection

Parameters

chop collection :string :literal :pathliteral :block

Attributes

times:integerremove multiple items

Returns

  • :string
  • :block
  • or  :nothing

Examples

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chop "hellox"               ; => "hello"
chop chop "hellox"          ; => "hell"

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str: "some text"
chop.times:5 str            ; => some
chop.times: neg 5 str       ; => text

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arr: @1..10
chop.times:3 'arr
arr                         ; => [1 2 3 4 5 6 7]

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chop [1 2 3]                ; => [1 2]

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chop.times:1 [1 2 3]        ; => [1 2]
chop.times:2 [1 2 3]        ; => [1]
chop.times:3 [1 2 3]        ; => []
chop.times:4 [1 2 3]        ; => []

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chop.times: neg 1 [1 2 3]   ; => [2 3]
chop.times: neg 2 [1 2 3]   ; => [3]

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