On Saturday 07 May 2005 23:05, Peter Rabbitson wrote: > 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];
Doh, I completely forgot that one. > > 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 -- Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ask!!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
