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Numerically, yes, but nobody calls it a "zeroth" floor. Rather, its "ground", "first", "second" (or G, 1, 2, 3...) so while ground is equivalent to zero, nobody
by dkersten 15y ago
Numerically, yes, but nobody calls it a "zeroth" floor. Rather, its "ground", "first", "second" (or G, 1, 2, 3...) so while ground is equivalent to zero, nobody actually says (or thinks) zero. At least, nowhere I've been.
- inportb 15y agoSo let's just call it the "ground" index. G = ground = 0; A[G], A[1], A[2], ...
- sqrt17 15y agoWhere I work, rooms on the 1st floor have numbers like 1.01, 1.02 etc., on the ground floor it's 0.01, 0.02 etc., and in the basement it's -1.01, -1.02 etc. This is confusing for some people (unfamiliar with the situation), who need to go to a number in the basement but consistently turn up two floors higher.