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author | zzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2013-11-07 17:15:49 +0000 |
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committer | zzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2013-11-07 17:15:49 +0000 |
commit | 6720c0aeeba1921010ae96325b1d4caba33794c5 (patch) | |
tree | 11423ab11c071d84bdb832542b281692a3db6240 /array.c | |
parent | bceb8569866439e832d0500aa1bf4ad2b8e36be8 (diff) |
* array.c: [DOC] Add note about negative indices in Array overview
By @ckaenzig [Fixes GH-427] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/427
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@43570 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'array.c')
-rw-r--r-- | array.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5404,7 +5404,8 @@ rb_ary_drop_while(VALUE ary) * * Elements in an array can be retrieved using the Array#[] method. It can * take a single integer argument (a numeric index), a pair of arguments - * (start and length) or a range. + * (start and length) or a range. Negative indices start counting from the end, + * with -1 being the last element. * * arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] * arr[2] #=> 3 @@ -5412,6 +5413,7 @@ rb_ary_drop_while(VALUE ary) * arr[-3] #=> 4 * arr[2, 3] #=> [3, 4, 5] * arr[1..4] #=> [2, 3, 4, 5] + * arr[1..-3] #=> [2, 3, 4] * * Another way to access a particular array element is by using the #at method * |