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What do you mean by array overflow?

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for example:

int arr[3];

arr[0] = 1; /* ok */
arr[1] = 2; /* ok */
arr[2] = 0; /* ok */
arr[3] = -1; /* wrong */
arr[-1] = -3; /* wrong */

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