English Explanatory Dictionary

negative indexing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a negative integer as an array offset to access from the end of the array. Array[-3] accesses the 3ʳᵈ element from the end of the array, the same as Array[ArraySize - 3].

Word forms

negative indexing

Related words

array
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