Re: Get Element inArray

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Re^2: Get Element inArray by Thilosophy (Curate) on May 25, 2005 at 02:53 UTC
To explain that a little, negative array indices count from the end of the array: -1 is the last element, -2 the one before that, and so on. Scalar value `@arr[-2]` better written as `$arr[-2]` And it should be `$arr[-2]` (with a `$` sigil) at least in current Perl (Perl 6 will change that).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Get Element inArray by K_M_McMahon (Hermit) on May 25, 2005 at 02:54 UTC
gopalr said `my $res=@arr[-2]` I think you mean `my $res=$arr[-2];` If you have warnings turned on (which we all should!) it doesn't like the `@arr[-2]` method. When referring to a scalar element of an array you should specify that it is scalar with `$` -Kevin `my $a='62696c6c77667269656e6440676d61696c2e636f6d'; while ($a=~m/(^.{2})/s) {print unpack('A',pack('H*',"$1"));$a=~s/^.{2}//s;}` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]