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		goatlover on Aug 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do arrays start at 0? Wait, why would range(3) start at 0 and not 1 in a 1-based language?

weavejester on Aug 25, 2022 [–]

You said: "I don't understand why 0 ≤ i ≤ N wouldn't have worked instead". Was that a typo? Did you mean 0 < i ≤ N?

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