Re: Array element deletion

Try this:
UPDATE:
@a=('a','b','c','a','b'); @a=reverse(@a); pop(@a); @a=reverse(@a); print @a'
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i.e.:
shift(@a);
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~~Hypnotic? :-)~~

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Re: Re: Array element deletion by halley (Prior) on May 04, 2004 at 13:36 UTC
While you were hypnotized, you completely missed the point of the OP's question. Given a certain value, remove the first occurrence of it in an array. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Array element deletion by ysth (Canon) on May 04, 2004 at 17:19 UTC
That's a generalization that may or may not be true. The op may want all but the last of a certain character removed, or the first (or all but the last) of every duplicated character.	[reply]


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