{"id":77152,"date":"2016-02-18T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/?p=77152"},"modified":"2019-02-18T09:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:19:50","slug":"powertip-count-backwards-in-array","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-count-backwards-in-array\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Count backwards in array"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong>: Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to count backwards in a Windows PowerShell array.<\/p>\n

\"Hey,\u00a0I know I can access the first, second, and third items in an array by using $Array[0], $Array[1], and $Array[2], but how can I count backwards?<\/p>\n

\"Hey,\u00a0Use negative numbers, for example:<\/p>\n

$Array = @(‘first’,’second’,’third’)<\/p>\n

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

$Array[1]<\/p>\n

$Array[2]<\/p>\n

$Array[-1]<\/p>\n

$Array[-2]<\/p>\n

$Array[-3]<\/p>\n

This will output the following:<\/p>\n

first<\/p>\n

second<\/p>\n

third<\/p>\n

third<\/p>\n

second<\/p>\n

first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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