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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Correction, a[33]
Message-ID: <9393@alice.UUCP>
Date: 26 May 89 17:10:17 GMT
References: <5819@microsoft.UUCP>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <5819@microsoft.UUCP>, t-iaind@microsoft.UUCP (Iain Davidson) writes:

> Something that went un-noticed in a few messages:

> char a[33]

> is not an array of 33*sizeof (int)  but really 34 slots !!!!!

No, it's 33 slots.

> Remember C is start base 0 not 1.

Yes.

> 0..33 = 34 slots of int's.

Yes, but whan you say `char a[33];' you're declaring 0..32, not 0..33

> char a[9]  holds 10 characters !!!!

No, char a[9]  holds 9 characters.
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