{"id":4454,"date":"2012-12-18T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2012\/12\/18\/powertip-select-the-next-to-last-item-in-a-powershell-array\/"},"modified":"2012-12-18T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-select-the-next-to-last-item-in-a-powershell-array","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-select-the-next-to-last-item-in-a-powershell-array\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Select the Next-to-Last Item in a PowerShell Array"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:<\/strong>  Learn how to select the next-to-last item in a Windows PowerShell array.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, I have a collection of objects in an array, and I need to select the next-to-last item in the array. How can this be done?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Good question … Charlotte Windows PowerShell user group member Brian Wilhite says: Every now and then, there are times where I have to do just such a thing. Consider the following example:<\/p>\n

$Objects = @(‘First’,’Second’,’Third’,’Fourth’,’Fifth’)<\/p>\n

The example below will select the first item in the array.<\/p>\n

$Objects[0]<\/p>\n

If you use [-1] instead, it will select the very last item in the array. As you may have already deduced, you can use the [-2] index value to select the next-to-last item in the array, as the example below demonstrates.<\/p>\n

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