Re: Find last position of an element in array

one possibility is to loop backwards, $array[-1] gives you the last element and so on.

please note that this is ~~illegal~~ incorrect syntax

> $array=(1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,6);

you most probably meant

@array=(1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,6);

Cheers Rolf
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Re^2: Find last position of an element in array by hippo (Archbishop) on Mar 28, 2022 at 18:06 UTC
please note that this is illegal syntax "Illegal" is a bit strong. It is perfectly valid syntax, compiles fine and evaluates the list in scalar context. That's just not what the OP was after in this case. 🦛	[reply]
Re^3: Find last position of an element in array by LanX (Saint) on Mar 28, 2022 at 19:44 UTC
OK, agreed. Let's declare it a special operation ... ;-) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]