imperative / any
Analogy
Collected by Craig S. Miller — Interview, John Lynch
Creates memorable live demonstration of indexed list elements in order to distinguish between index and value. Also useful to demonstrate out-of-bound errors.
| PL | NM |
|---|---|
| array | row of students |
| array element | student (standing in a row) |
| element index | relative position of the student, start with 0 |
| element value | nationality of student |
Array/list indices and the values at those locations.
To distinguish between an element value and its index.
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