Re: Negative string offsets

Pretty interesting, but I'm sure this is (yet another) stepping stone until someone suggests the Python syntax for slicing strings and arrays :p On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Alain Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 01:01:44PM +0100, Leigh wrote: > > Hi Internals, > > > > What are peoples thoughts on allowing negative string offsets, that > return > > characters from the end of a string. > > > > Example: > > > > $string = 'foobar'; > > print $string[-1]; // prints 'r'; > > print $string[-2]; // prints 'a'; > > Good idea. > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT > Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >