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0-based indexing

(definition)

Definition: Indexing (an array) beginning with 0.

Aggregate parent (I am a part of or used in ...)
array.

See also 1-based indexing.

Note: That is, an array A with n items is accessed as A[0], A[1], …, A[n-1].

Author: PEB

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Paul E. Black, "0-based indexing", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 16 November 2016. (accessed TODAY) Available from: /HTML/zeroBasedIndexing.html