Off-by-one error(fencepost error)

A count that is one too many or one too few, usually at the first or last item. The classic cause is mixing a length with a last index: an array of 5 items has indexes 0 to 4.

• See also: Index
• See also: Edge case
• Used in: Logic & Problem Solving
• Used in: Data Structure Basics

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