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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: comp.lang.basic.microsoft (Re: Correction, a[33])
Message-ID: <4342@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 29 May 89 23:31:20 GMT
References: <5819@microsoft.UUCP> <17763@mimsy.UUCP> <13434@haddock.ima.isc.com>
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Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <13434@haddock.ima.isc.com>, karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
> In article <17763@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> >In article <5819@microsoft.UUCP> microsoft!t-iaind (Iain Davidson) writes:
> >>[incorrectly states that char a[33] has 34 elements.]

Actually, in Microsoft Basic, if you create an array a(10) (by using it or by
DIMing it) it actually *does* have an a(0), and does have 11 elements.

Not that surprising an error from a Microsoft employee.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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