Talk:zero-based indexing

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zero-based indexing

"The method of indexing a vector or any data structure implemented using a vector (commonly a string or a multidimensional array) with non-negative integers; i.e. starting with 0." This is a programmers' term. (deprecated template usage) indexing is the general term for the numbering of elements of a set (usually an array), so this is simply indexing with a basis of zero. Although it's of encyclopaedic interest — because many programming languages count from zero instead of the intuitive 1 — it's NISoP and not dictionary material. Equinox ◑ 01:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

zero-based indexing is IMO > SoP because many data analysis decisions in, say, genetic engineereing, fail if they use whole-integer indexing, even when that seems intuitive. Thus for mathematical reasons, there is more than a mere sum; zero has mercurial qualities which are emergent qualities in certain systems. I would request and defer to the opinion of mathematicians, physicists, etcetera as much as to linguists and lexicographers. Keep.Geof Bard 20:22, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Don't know what you're talking about but it isn't the thing defined above, which is just whether an array begins from 0 or from 1. 86.186.85.75 22:00, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Delete per nom. —Ruakh_TALK 22:13, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 19:37, 29 July 2011 (UTC)