In a way, passing an array as argument always loses a dimension. The reason behind is that, for historical reasons, arrays cannot be directly copied, and thus what is really passed is a pointer. This is a common source of errors for novice programmers.
atomic number represents the protons in atom. As a example hydrogen has one proton and atomic number is 1.
The atomic number of an element is the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom; each element has its own distinct number. The atomic mass is the mass of the nucleus of th â¦ e atom: protons and neutrons. One proton is equivalent to one unit of mass, as is a neutron.