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		oblio on July 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vim 9.0 Zero still would most likely wooldn't make sense. Zero is nothing, it can't be anything. Even ordinally. 1 is something and it fits very well for the first position... outside of programming :-)

xigoi on July 1, 2022 [–]

In 1-based indexing, the index of an item is the number of items you've already seen, including the one you're looking at.

In 0-based indexing, the index of an item is the number of items you've already seen, excluding the one you're looking at.

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