Can we use negative index in c#.

Question

string x="hello";
Console.Writeline(x[-1]);

It give me error but we can do in python does c# is support this.

Answer 1

Maninder $ingh

Negative values are not permitted as index values by the C# compiler, which is more strict than C/C++ compilers which leave it to the programmer to not supply negative index values.

source:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/831c1abd-eac5-44e2-b4c8-229523f51d24/how-do-i-set-a-negative-number-to-index-of-array-in-c-?forum=csharpgeneral

I hope I was helpful

Answer 2

Negative index in Python does something different: it is a shortcut for thatlist[len(thatlist)-1].

In C it is literally -1, so the element 'left side' of element 0 (which is normally 'somewhere in memory').