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Using negative subscripts to access elements from the end of the array

    

@array = qw( zero one two three four five six seven eight nine );


print "\@array[ -1 ] is $array[ -1 ].\n";
print "\@array[ -4 ] is $array[ -4 ].\n\n";








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