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| From | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" |
| Date | 2022-08-27 15:01 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <tedt6n$757$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <tebblf$2gpm$1@dont-email.me> <tedr4l$1cc0$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
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On 8/27/2022 2:26 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: > Op 26.aug..2022 om 22:49 schreef Lynn McGuire: >> “Why do arrays start at 0?" >> >> https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/why-do-arrays-start-at-0/ >> >> "It's not the reason you think. No, it's not that reason either.” >> >> My Fortran starts at one. My C++ starts at zero. This has made my >> life hell. >> >> Lynn >> > > I assumed that it was done because in C x[i] is equivalent to *(x+i). Yup. So Fortran x(i) is equivalent to *(x+i-1). Or, the x is subtracted from first: x--; *(x+i);. Lynn
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“Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 15:49 -0500
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Gary Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net> - 2022-08-26 16:56 -0500
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 00:46 +0100
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" d thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2022-08-26 22:29 -0400
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 22:05 -0700
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 12:06 +0100
Re: Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-27 14:28 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2022-08-26 16:08 -0600
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Gawr Gura <gawrgura@mail.hololive.com> - 2022-08-26 15:18 -0700
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 00:44 +0100
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 05:47 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" d thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2022-08-27 15:19 -0400
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 22:22 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2022-08-27 21:26 +0200
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 15:01 -0500
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 22:24 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 22:40 -0500
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 22:07 -0700
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-28 07:50 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-28 11:52 +0200
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-28 19:43 +0300
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2022-08-28 10:01 +0200
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-28 08:14 +0000
Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-08-28 11:07 +0200
Re: ???Why do arrays start at 0?" Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-29 11:15 +0000
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