[Jprogramming] index origin 0

Mon Jul 26 19:21:14 HKT 2010

In a building where I worked the ground floor in the elevator was marked as
"1" and the next floor on the elevator was marked "2". However, between the
first and second floor there was a floor which was only accessible via a
stairway and a freight elevator. I think that the freight elevator had it
marked as "M".
2010年7月26日 Björn Helgason <gosinn at gmail.com>
> If you go into a lift or an elevator in different countries you will
> find that the ground floor is sometimes 0 and sometimes 1.
>> Quite often floor zero is marked G for Ground floor.
>> It is also different if people are counting floors or if they are
> counting living spaces or levels and of course if there are cellars
> involved.
>> Sometimes the cellars are half way down and sometimes there are
> several levels of cellars.
>> So do you number the cellar 0 or _1?
> If you have several levels of cellars it is probably more natural to
> number the first level of cellars _1
>> So the index origin in elevators is probably dependent mostly if you
> are counting levels or floors.
>> I remember a story told about how people were scared in the years
> before BC because they were living in years _1, _2, _3.... etc and
> they were afraid what would happen year 0 and following years or if
> there would be any.
>>>> 2010年7月24日 Don Guinn <donguinn at gmail.com>:
> > Isn't the floor above the ground floor numbered "1" or "first" in Great
> > Britain?
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