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 is the number of protons â positively charged particles â in the nucleus an atom of a chemical element. Elements are distinguished from one another by the numbers of these particles they have, and so each element has its own unique atomic number.