Why array starts with index 0

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Why array starts with index 0..

Answer / saurabh upman

Index is used as an offset value.Giving value 0 to the starting address means that we are 0 element far from the destination in a contigious memory arrangment.It makes the indexing a coherent offset to be assigned.

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Why array starts with index 0..

Answer / gopesh dubey

Because the name of array is a pointer

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