stored values in elements of array, help

I wrote this to get the feel of how values are stored in the array.

when I run the program i get this:

1 is 1075160376
2 is 1
3 is 2
4 is 3
5 is 4

instead of:

1 is 1
2 is 2
3 is 3
4 is 4
5 is 5

How do i solve this problem?

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  int array[5];
  int a, num;

  for(a = 1; a <= 5; a++)
  {
      printf("Enter a number: ");
      scanf("%d", &num);
      array[num] = num;
  }
      printf("\n1 is %d", array[0]);
      printf("\n2 is %d", array[1]);
      printf("\n3 is %d", array[2]);
      printf("\n4 is %d", array[3]);
      printf("\n5 is %d", array[4]);

  return 0;
}

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Well...what are you inputting for numbers? My guess is that you didn't enter one for index 0.

I'm inputting 1,2, 3, 4, 5 to see if they actually get stored into the elements in order, and to check if 1 matches element 1, 2 matches with element 2, and so forth.

Look at the difference between the indexes that you're using to store values in (1 through 5) and the ones you're printing (0 through 4). Do you see the problem yet?

array elements start at zero just to let you know.
you might want to do something like this

Code:

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int i;
int num
for(i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
      printf("Enter a number: ");
      scanf("%d", &num);
      array[i] = num;
}

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by itsme86

Look at the difference between the indexes that you're using to store values in (1 through 5) and the ones you're printing (0 through 4). Do you see the problem yet?

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Heh. I got it thanks.