Larry Wall skribis 2004-09-03 17:08 (-0700): > The element with index -1. Arrays with explicit ranges don't use the > minus notation to count from the end. We probably need to come up > with some other notation for the beginning and end indexes.
@array.abs[0];
@array.abs[-1];
.abs would be an alternative interface for the array, where 0 is always
the first element.
The real index is then
( $abs_index >= 0 ?? @array.first :: @array.last + 1 ) + $abs_index
Juerd
