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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'howdy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'howdy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'howdyhowdyhowdyhowdy' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my string $foo = 'howdy' . "\n";
print $foo;
print $foo;
chomp $foo; # newline character removed
print $foo;
print $foo;
chomp $foo; # no effect
print $foo;
print $foo;