The "off-by-one" error associated with arrays arises because
A) the first array index is 0 and programmers may start at index 1, or may use a loop that goes one index too far
B) the last array index is at length + 1 and loops may only iterate to length, missing one
C) the last array element ends at length - 1 and loops may go one too far
D) programmers write a loop that goes from 0 to length - 1 whereas the array actually goes from 1 to length
E) none of the above, the "off-by-one" error has nothing to do with arrays

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A) The array is initialized as = new type[x] where x is the size of the array. However, the array has legal indices of 0 to x - 1 and so, programmers are often off-by-one because programmers will write code to try to access indices 1 to x.

The "Off-By-One" Error Associated with Arrays Arises Because