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Why C or C++ Stack index starts from 0.

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Last Update: November 05, 2008 Asked by: hrusi_dalai

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September 08, 2006 16:58:16

RAJEEV CHOPRA

RE: Why C or C++ Stack index starts from 0.

Any basic units of memory representation bit bite starts from 0.

A byte contains 8 bits starting from 0 to 7.

This is the idea of stack and array in C C++ starts from 0.

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April 08, 2007 02:36:18

dhanasweet

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RE: Why C or C++ Stack index starts from 0.

if we declare an array a[5] the memory allocate to each member will be accessed by a[0] a[1] .....a[4]. this is the reason index starts with zero.

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November 05, 2008 16:56:44

johnferguson

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RE: Why C or C++ Stack index starts from 0.

Pointer arithmetic. Add 0 to the pointer and you get the pointer.

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