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.
atomic number â The number of protons in an atom. Sometimes called the proton number. electron arrangement â A shorthand way of writing the. number of electrons in an atomâs electron shells. element â A substance made up of only one type of atom.