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one-based indexing

(definition)

Definition: Indexing (an array) beginning with 1.

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

See also 0-based indexing.

Note: That is, an array A with n items is accessed as A[1], A[2], ..., A[n].

Author: PEB


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