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Why does an array index number starts from zero?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: July 23, 2007     Asked by: Gautam Bhalla 
  
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RE: Why does an array index number starts from zero?
Because array index shows distance from the 1st element. Since the first element is zero distance away from itself index starts from zero. The next element will be index*scaling factor distance away from 1st element. In case of integer array next elements will be 1*2 2*2 3*2 4*2 .................bytes away from the first element .
 
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