Re^3: Getting range from N..end with list slice

... that pesky LHS > RHS returns empty list rule!

Not exactly pretty, and still won't work with a list, but:

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my @ra = qw(a b c d e f g h);
 my $i = 4;
 print qq{'$_'} for @ra[$i - @ra .. -1];
"
'e'
'f'
'g'
'h'
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Re^4: Getting range from N..end with list slice by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 28, 2010 at 23:37 UTC
It's actually even simpler: `@ra[$i .. $#ra]` [download] The difference between an array slice and a list slice is that you have the array before the slice is evaluated.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Getting range from N..end with list slice by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 29, 2010 at 00:26 UTC
... even simpler: `@ra[$i .. $#ra]` Yes, but that's also the prettier version! My intent, clumsily realized, was to endorse the idea that negative indexing off the end of an array (or, in the OP, a list) isn't the way to go.	[reply] [d/l]