negative indexing for list slicing

Author: JPryce-Aklundh

modules/ROOT/pages/expressions/list-expressions.adoc

@@ -207,6 +207,27 @@ RETURN list[2..4] AS middleElements,
 3+d|Rows: 1
 |===
 
+Negative indexing in list slicing references elements from the end of the `LIST`; `..-1` excludes the last element, `..-2` excludes the last two elements, and so on.
+
+.Negative indexing and list slicing
+[source, cypher]
+----
+WITH [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] AS list
+RETURN list[..-1] AS finalElementRemoved,
+       list[..-2] AS finalTwoElementsRemoved,
+       list[-3..-1] AS removedFirstThreeAndLast
+----
+
+.Result
+[role="queryresult",options="header,footer",cols="3*<m"]
+|===
+| finalElementRemoved | finalTwoElementsRemoved | removedFirstThreeAndLast
+
+| [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | [1, 2, 3, 4] | [4, 5]
+
+3+d|Rows: 1
+|===
+
 When slicing nested `LIST` values, it is important to specify which level is sliced.
 The below example slices the outer `LIST` and returns the first two nested `LIST` values.
 
@@ -326,7 +347,7 @@ RETURN [1, 2] || [3, null] AS listWithNull
 For removing `NULL` values when concatenating `LIST` values, see xref:expressions/list-expressions.adoc#null-list-concatenation-list-comprehension[`NULL`, list concatenation, and list comprehension].
 
 [[add-elements]]
-=== Add elements to a list 
+== Add elements to a list 
 
 The `+` operator can add elements to the beginning or end of a `LIST` value.
 This is not possible using the `||` operator.