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---
2020-03-18 18:46:47 -04:00
page_title: chomp - Functions - Configuration Language
description: The chomp function removes newline characters at the end of a string.
---
# `chomp` Function
`chomp` removes newline characters at the end of a string.
This can be useful if, for example, the string was read from a file that has
a newline character at the end.
## Examples
```shell-session
> chomp("hello\n")
hello
> chomp("hello\r\n")
hello
> chomp("hello\n\n")
hello
```
## Related Functions
- [`trimspace`](/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimspace), which removes all types of whitespace from
both the start and the end of a string.