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$new .= '/' unless substr $new, -1 eq '/'; can someone explain what -1 does

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Re: Re: Re: search =~ for /'s
by little (Curate) on Jun 30, 2002 at 03:15 UTC
    see perlman:perlfunc 
    # 1st argument given: string to process
# 2nd argument given: offset
# so here it means regardless of the true length the 
# last character in the string
substr ($new, -1);

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