# Do you ever make an array NOT zero indexed?

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**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-ever-make-an-array-not-zero-indexed/328092 "2012-04-18T19:08:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-ever-make-an-array-not-zero-indexed/328092/1 "2012-04-18T19:08:45Z")

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Sometimes I do that, but I feel like it always comes back to bite me.

It seems to make sense in some cases when matching up some existing values for human readability.

array(existingValue) rather than array(existingValue-1)

I think in this general, non self explaining rant, I have decided -1 wins.