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Perl question regarding [ ]
Below program, I do not get why item I am looking for is [6], instead of [5].
When I do $#text, i get the right value for $value1, but when I do [5], i get somsething4, instead of
somsethingxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(which is what I am looking for.

when I do [0], I get empty.. why? what did I do wrong? can you please help?

thanks.

#!/usr/bin/perl
my $value1;

while(<>)
{
my $line = $_;
(@text) = split(/\s+/,$line);
if($line =~ /Time/)
{
#$value1 = $text[6];
$value1 = $text[$#text];


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