Re^2: Slicing an array variable with a -1 or any negative number doesn't work

Ok, I got it.
-1 or other -x (negative numbers) in slices, can only work with commas, but not with ..
I see.

Thank You.

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Re^3: Slicing an array variable with a -1 or any negative number doesn't work by shmem (Chancellor) on Nov 29, 2017 at 12:47 UTC
-1 or other -x (negative numbers) in slices, can only work with commas, but not with .. Nope. The point is that ".." counts up. These work: `@letters = ('a'..'z'); say for @letters[-5..-1]; say for @letters[reverse(-1..0)];` [download] perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'	[reply] [d/l]