On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 03:31:07PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote:
: Hi All,
:
: This seems like a trivial question, but I really adore
: the "for" loops. Is there a way to do the backwards?
: In other words, start at the end of the array and loop
: to the beginning? Does the "next" and "last" work in
: this?
Just use the reverse method:
> my @foo = <a b c>;
[a b c]
> for @foo.reverse { .say }
c
b
a
or (as in Perl 5) the reverse function:
> for reverse @foo { .say }
c
b
a
and yes, "next" and "last" work for those loops too, since they are
controlled by the "for", not by the expression you feed to the "for".
Larry
