$pop(<variable name>)

• If no arguments are provided, the empty string is returned.
• If the argument consists of only one word, it is taken as <variable name>.
• If more than one arguments are provided, they are taken as <word list>.
• If a <word list> is provided, the return value is the last word in <word list>. DOUBLE QUOTED WORDS ARE NOT SUPPORTED. (This may change in the future.)
• If <variable name> is provided, <variable name> is changed by removing the last word, and the return value is the word that was removed. DOUBLE QUOTED WORDS ARE NOT SUPPORTED. (This may change in the future.)
• If <variable name> contains only one word, the entire contents of $<variable name> are returned and the <variable name> variable is removed/unset.
• This function does not support double-quoted words.

Pop removes the last word from a word list, or from a word list stored in a variable. It reverses the action of $push(). If you are implementing a FIFO, you can unshift words onto the front of a variable and pop them off the back.

The last word of <word list> or of $<variable name>.

$pop(one two three) returns “three” assign booya one two three four $pop(booya) returns “four”, $booya is now “one two three”.

This function first appeared in “+7” (post-ircII, pre-EPIC)