Array

[Nikesh Jagtap]

Why array starts with zero? Best wishes Nikesh

[CPallini]

Because it's natural. -- the C developer ...Or [^]. :)

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[Sakhalean]

Because 0 is the starting number

[Maximilien]

(probably not the best technical explanation, but...) because the first element is at a zero "offset" from the start of the array.

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[Lost User]

Maximilien wrote:

probably not the best technical explanation

But may well be the clearest :thumbsup:

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[Maximilien]

:-O

Watched code never compiles.

[Chris Losinger]

it makes switching between (pointer + offset) and pointer[offset] simple. if arrays started with 1, pointer[1] would be the same as pointer + 0, and C programs would be full of off-by-one errors as programmers forgot to account for the difference when switching between array notation and pointer + offset notation.

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