A_LoopField sometimes till keeps EOL

[l6908lay]

I have realized something with very large text and EOL (like `n, `r, CR+LF). if you are gaining mismatched information such as This array doesn't equal that array or this contents doesn't equal that contents. Loop Parse tends to leave in the EOL on the end of the line from a file read... To Example:

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FileRead, contents, filename.location
Loop, Parse, % contents, `n ; or whatever you parse by.
{
	x++
	array["here" x]:= A_LoopField ; <-------------------------- that that right there will actually still have the EOL sometimes.
}

In order to fix it:

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FileRead, contents, filename.location
Loop, Parse, % contents, `n ; or whatever you parse by.
{
	x++
	y:=StrLen(A_LoopField)
	y--
	newstr:= SubStr(A_LoopField, 1, y) ;<------------- substring it off.
	array["here" x]:= newstr
}

[just me]

In order to fix it:

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Loop, Parse, % contents, `n, `r  ; or whatever you want to strip

[boiler]

Moved from “Tips and Tricks (v1)” since the tip in the OP is not the solution, while the solution is found in the Loop, Parse documentation in two of the examples: #2 and #3.

(By the way, when you do want to remove the last character from a string using SubStr, use -1 for length parameter, which is also documented.)