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In the context of arrays indexed by integer numbers, the ''base'' is the index of the first element of the array. There exist languages that use 0 as base (like C); others use 1, others allow to specify it (and allow for negative indexes), taking 0 or 1 as default values. |
In the context of arrays indexed by integer numbers, the ''base'' is the index of the first element of the array. There exist languages that use 0 as base (like C); others use 1, others allow to specify it (and allow for negative indexes), possibly taking 0 or 1 as default values. |
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Revision as of 15:47, 27 April 2009
In the context of arrays indexed by integer numbers, the base is the index of the first element of the array. There exist languages that use 0 as base (like C); others use 1, others allow to specify it (and allow for negative indexes), possibly taking 0 or 1 as default values.