Hello FPC-Pascal, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 10:49:24 AM, you wrote:
>> In computer science, an array data structure or simply array is a >> data structure consisting of a collection of elements (values or >> variables) [...] s> ??? s> What does this mean? As far as I know, "variable" in CS can s> have 3 senses, depending on the context: s> * Data that can take different values on different runs (ie s> input or depend on input). This is the math sense (also mine) (<> s> constant which is known at design time). s> * Data that can change at runtime (<> constant again). Like in Pascal or C. s> * Named data in a program. Here "symbol", "link" or "binding" may be better terms. s> In any case, I don't understand the above. Constants (values) or variable values (variables). Anyway in the definition I was trying to remark that elements in an array should be accessed using [] operator, any other access method is undefined. -- Best regards, José _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
