OFF-BY-ONE ERROR


Meaning of OFF-BY-ONE ERROR in English

< programming > An exceedingly common error induced in many ways, such as by starting at zero when you should have started at one or vice-versa, or by writing " fencepost error , which is properly a particular subtype of it.

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(1998-09-21)

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