The number line to read the latest value from — for example a moving average or an oscillator.
Outputs
Scalar
A single number: the value of the input series at the most-recent bar.
Last pulls the most-recent value off a number line and hands it back as a single number. It’s how you collapse a whole series down to ‘the value right now’.
How it works
A series carries one value per bar; Last simply reads the value at the current (most recent) bar of input a and returns that one number. It has no settings — it always takes the latest point, which is exactly what tools that want a single scalar expect.
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Examples
Take the latest value of a moving average with Last, then Broadcast it into a flat reference line for comparison.
Read the most-recent reading of an oscillator with Last to feed a tool that needs a single scalar input.
Common mistakes
Expecting Last to give an older bar’s value — it always returns the current bar; use math.arithmetic in shift mode first if you need an earlier point.
Using Last on a series and then trying to compare it bar-by-bar — the result is one fixed number, so Broadcast it back to a line first.