On Sun 05 Sep, David Green wrote: > On 2004/9/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Lang) wrote: > (Nice Subject change, I almost missed it!) > > >Larry Wall wrote: > > > Yow. Presumably "nth" without an argument would mean the last. > > > >If it means the last, why not just use C<last>? > > Conflict with "last LOOP"? Hm, the context should be enough to > distinguish them, no? (Hey, maybe they can be unified somehow -- > "last -1" to skip to the penultimate pass through the loop? =P) >
That could be generalised, "next +1" skipping next iteration, "next -1" "redo" this iteration, "first" redo the iteration from the beginning etc. Richard -- Personal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.waveney.org Telecoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WaveneyConsulting.com Web services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wavwebs.com Independent Telecomms Specialist, ATM expert, Web Analyst & Services
