On Jun 14, 8:35 pm, "Colin Summers" <blade...@[...].com>  wrote:
>          r = r.reverse.chop.reverse  # remove the first character
> 
>  That works, but I bet there's a nicer method. What do people use? I
>  thought there would be a pohc method (chop, in reverse).

Actually, I've been wanting a front version #chomp for a long time
too. If I has good names I'd add them to facets.

T.