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in reply to Re: array
in thread Getting last value in array

Sara/DS/Amoura/whatever, the pop(@array) function is destructive. It will remove the last element from the array (just as shift will remove the first element), it is therefore not a good substitute for $array[-1] under most circumstances. If you don't mind that your array will now be incomplete pop away. :)