What is the meaning of “exclusive” and “inclusive” when describing number ranges?
Simple question but, I see exclusive and inclusive when referring to number ranges. For example, this is a line from an algorithms book: The following function prints the powers of 2 from 1 through n (inclusive). What is meant by this? What makes a number range inclusive or exclusive? Tim Biegeleisen The following function prints the powers of 2 from 1 through n (inclusive). This means that the function will compute 2^i where i = 1, 2, ..., n , in other words, i can have values from 1 up to and including the value n . i.e n is Included in Inclusive If, on the other hand, your book had said: