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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Section 3.4: Array Length & Negative Indices
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $greetings->[-1] = howdy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $greetings->[-2] = hi' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $greetings->[-3] = hello' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my string_arrayref $greetings = ['hello', 'hi', 'howdy'];
print 'have $greetings->[-1] = ', $greetings->[-1], "\n";
print 'have $greetings->[-2] = ', $greetings->[-2], "\n";
print 'have $greetings->[-3] = ', $greetings->[-3], "\n";