If the list is named @array, you can find the last element with $#array.

Consider the following code: 

my @array = qw/this that the other/;
local $, = ", ";
print @array[1..$#array], "\n";
__OUTPUT__
that, the, other

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An unnamed true list (one that isn't held within a scalar in any way, nor referenced by an array-ref) can't be indexed in such a way as to construct a 0..end-of-list, but you do have a couple of other options. 

my $last_item = (this, that, the, other)[-1];

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Or the more useful... 

my $list = [qw/this that the other/];
local $, = ", ";
print @{$list}[0..$#{$list}];

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This last alternative uses an anonymous list referred to by an array-ref scalar.


Dave


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In reply to Re: question regarding slices by davido
in thread question regarding slices by Grygonos

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