$, = ", "; $\ = "\n";
    print -2 .. 1;
    print  0 .. 4;
    print +(0 .. 4) [-2, -1, 0, 1];
    __END__
    -2, -1, 0, 1
    0, 1, 2, 3, 4
    3, 4, 0, 1
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(list) [-2] gives you the last but one element of the list, (list) [-1] gives you the last, (list) [0] gives the first, (list) [1] the second.

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