List indexing inconcistencies

General Discussion
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I personally am used to other languages (js and python), and in those languages, the first item in a list is indexed as 0. So the second item would have an index of 1, and so on. However, in ai2, the first item in a list is indexed as 1. I found this out rather painfully while creating my app, and since I couldn’t test it at that time, I didn’t find this a problem until I had coded every part that had lists in it.

So I had to go back and fix all of the indexes from 0 to 1 and so on.

Anyone have any insight on why this is? I think it would be helpful for developers who come from other backgrounds to have the first index be 0.

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The first item of a List is indexed as 1. Yes, this is different from other programming languages and discerning to users coming from other compilers and languages.

MakingLists

do you want to simulate 0 index.
I would not, just adjust to the paradigm.

Regards,
Steve

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AI2 is meant for first time learners, who count from 1 by popular (non-programmer) convention.

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Okay thanks I just wanted a good reason.

That makes sense.

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