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Why always array starts with index 0?


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Array name is a constant pointer pointing to the base address(address of the first byte where the array begin) of the memory allocated. When you use arr[i], the compiler manipulates it as *(arr + i). Since arr is the address of the first element, the value of i must be 0 for accessing it. Hence all arrays begin with an index of 0.



The compiler thinks that 0 is a positive number.
we have an integer range of
-128 to 127.
here -128 to -1 are negative numbers
and 0 to 127 are positive numbers
so array starts with the 0 as index.



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