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Second, when you get to the technical part of the page, scripts and all, could you make it more orderly? Like, start with how you define an array, then tell how to define its value, then how do some other stuff... I mean, get from the simplest stuff to the most complicated. Right now I think there's everything in this article but I still don't understand it. Try to incorporate new things gradually. I know that this isn't a tutorial but still, many people are going to learn from this. [[User:Domius|Domius]] 14:16, 17 February 2012 (EST) | Second, when you get to the technical part of the page, scripts and all, could you make it more orderly? Like, start with how you define an array, then tell how to define its value, then how do some other stuff... I mean, get from the simplest stuff to the most complicated. Right now I think there's everything in this article but I still don't understand it. Try to incorporate new things gradually. I know that this isn't a tutorial but still, many people are going to learn from this. [[User:Domius|Domius]] 14:16, 17 February 2012 (EST) | ||
:'''Side-note - ''' Very good. Regarding the "''beginner's page intended for masters''", I must underline a false and confusing assertion : "''A rather simple formal representation: <data type> <identifier> <index_or_count>''". It's an index, not a count. Of course some algorithm could count the number of items and then use that number as the index, or use some variable named "Count" for whatever purpose, but that's not the point : we should keep in mind that it's essentially an index and that's it, nothing to do with counting anything.. e.g. when you have a seat number in the Magic Bus (the array), you just go there directly and sit, there's no counting nor "count" involved : you don't care about such a "count" number since you have your ticket (your own index). I guess that the original text wanted to insinuate that an array is '''ordered''', meaning that the last index will always | :'''Side-note - ''' Very good. Regarding the "''beginner's page intended for masters''", I must underline a false and confusing assertion : "''A rather simple formal representation: <data type> <identifier> <index_or_count>''". It's an index, not a count. Of course some algorithm could count the number of items and then use that number as the index, or use some variable named "Count" for whatever purpose, but that's not the point : we should keep in mind that it's essentially an index and that's it, nothing to do with counting anything.. e.g. when you have a seat number in the Magic Bus (the array), you just go there directly and sit, there's no counting nor "count" involved : you don't care about such a "count" number since you have your ticket (your own index). I guess that the original text wanted to insinuate that an array is '''ordered''', meaning that the last index will always be (number of items -1) or (length of Array - 1), both representing the "Count - 1". Actually, when talking about Arrays, the term "Count" is more understandable as being the length of the array in number of indexes : the number of seats in the Magic Bus (a very bad thing to do when addressing beginners : don't insinuate anything as if some foreknowledge was required, sate it clearly). --[[User:HawkFest|HawkFest]] ([[User talk:HawkFest|talk]]) 2013-02-10T08:54:00 (EST) | ||
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