The **`chop`** method in Ruby returns a new string with the last character removed. If the last character is a newline `\n` or a character feed `\r`, both of them are removed as well. If both these escape sequences come at the end of a string, they are removed together with a single `chop` command.

The illustration below shows how the `chop` method works in ruby:

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## Return value

The `chop` method returns a new string with the last element removed from the original string. 

If `chop` is applied on an empty string, an empty string is returned.

## Example

The code snippet below shows how we can use the `chop` method in ruby:

puts "string".chop # Normal string
puts "string\n".chop # String with \n
puts "string\n\r".chop # String with \n and \r
puts "string".chop.chop # Applying chop twice removes two characters
puts "".chop # Empty string
puts "Hello".chop # Normal string

What is the chop method in Ruby?

Removes the last character from a string, including newline and carriage return combinations, returning a new string.