On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 04:13:12PM -0700, amr wrote:
> How can I call the last element in the array?
>
> I try the pop and it does the job but I think there is another way?
>
If
my @a = (1, 2, 3, 4);
then:
my $last = pop @a;
is the same as
my $last = $a[-1];
and
pop @a;
my $third = pop @a;
is the same as
my $third = $a[-2];
The negative sign in front of N means go N positions towards the start of
the array from the end.
Peter
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