• 30p87@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      One hand would be 2**5 = 32 (0 to 31) and two would be 2**10 = 1024 (0 to 1023).

      And if you use 3 states per finger (down, half raised and raised), you can have 3**10 = 59049 (0 to 59048).

    • macniel@feddit.de
      0·
      10 months ago

      No. We count start at zero because the array already starts with an element of a specific size. Starting at 1 would always skip that initial element.

      • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
        0·
        10 months ago

        No, we start counting at one. We start indexing at zero.

        An array with one element has an element count of 1, and that element would be at index 0.