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Re:Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing by robertlagrant on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:41AM (#25847699)
How so?
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Re:Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing by tester34 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:21AM (#25856688)
because when you misscalculate the index, then it will not crash, but use the wrong one

I'm getting this right?

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Re:Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing by robertlagrant on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:35AM (#25857844)
I don't understand why that would be more error prone than using list[list.length-1]. It's just list[-1].
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Re:Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing by tester34 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:50AM (#25914068)
imagine if you used list[index] where index would be calculated

if you misscalculated something and went on negative, then you'd have big exception/error, but when negative indices are viable, then the code will work fine

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