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The $input after &lt;&gt;&nbsp;will have a newline character on it. &nbsp;The chomp will remove the newline character. &nbsp; If there is a newline, the Dumper will display it.<br />

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The $input after <> will have a newline character on it.  The chomp will remove the newline character.   If there is a newline, the Dumper will display it.


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I'm trying to assing a user's input to a string.. why when i chomp the input and use print Dumper does the outcome look like this:<br />
I typed the word enter<br />
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with chomp:<br />
';AR1 = 'Enter;<br />
<br />
with no chomp:<br />
$VAR1 = 'Enter<br />
';<br />

<pre><code id="code-314884">my $input = &lt;&gt;;
         
      chomp ($input);
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I'm trying to assing a user's input to a string.. why when i chomp the input and use print Dumper does the outcome look like this:
I typed the word enter

with chomp:
';AR1 = 'Enter;

with no chomp:
$VAR1 = 'Enter
';

print dumper

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