What to call array indexing starting at 0 vs. 1 ?

[Lost User]

The spelling is inbalanced? That seems fundamentally wrong..

[MarkTJohnson]

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[Nagy Vilmos]

Meh! Real men code with edlin.

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[Lost User]

Maximilien wrote:

Is there a technical term to say if an array starts at index 0 (e.g. C/C++) or 1 (e.g. pascal) ?

The term is "array", and they start at index 0. There's a difference when talking about strings, not arrays.

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[glennPattonWork3]

Standard & Mutant ? why was Pascal 1 based? anyone know if Delphi is has one based arrays as it might explain some error generated by a test application I have to use?

[pkfox]

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[Lost User]

Let's call them Zeray and Oneray.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Yes, zero-based and one-based indexing are correct terms. /ravi

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[Lost User]

glennPattonWork wrote:

why was Pascal 1 based?

It's not, neither is Object-Pascal (Delphi). The type-definition of an array would contain the start-index and the end-index. One would use 0, obviously. Dynamic arrays start at 0. Even BASIC[^] starts at 0.

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[jeron1]

Nagy Vilmos wrote:

Real men code with edlin.

I said something like this to a younger colleague a few weeks ago, I got a 'deer in headlight' look as a response. God I'm old :(( .

[Forogar]

Quote:

Real men code with edlin.

oh yeah!

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[CPallini]

That was true before Lua appeared.

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[CPallini]

Maximilien wrote:

Is it simply "0-based array" and "1-based array" ?

Yes.

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[Lost User]

Nicholas Marty wrote:

Intellisense is all the documentation that I need.

:~

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Scary stuff Bill :thumbsup:

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