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in thread How to get the index of smallest whole number in an array?

Blame mathematicians and their predilection for inventing new nomenclature and usurping natural language to define them.

From Wikipedia:

Some definitions, including the standard ISO 80000-2,1 begin the natural numbers with 0, corresponding to the non-negative integers 0, 1, 2, 3, …, whereas others start with 1, corresponding to the positive integers 1, 2, 3, ….2345

Texts that exclude zero from the natural numbers sometimes refer to the natural numbers together with zero as the whole numbers, but in other writings, that term is used instead for the integers (including negative integers).6

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Re^4: How to get the index of smallest whole number in an array?
by Laurent_R (Canon) on Jul 01, 2018 at 08:49 UTC
    Thank you, BrowserUk, for the Wikipedia reference. When I originally wrote my post, I was thinking about adding something saying that, to many people, "whole numbers" often means positive integers (with or without 0), but I did not because I wasn't entirely sure whether it was not a personal bias of mine. Your Wikipedia quote shows that it wasn't just my personal impression.

    Update:Fixed a typo in the last sentence.

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