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 tells you the number of. in one atom of an element. It also tells. you the number of in a neutral atom of that element. The atomic number gives the identity of. an element as well as it's location on the Periodic Table. No two different elements will have the. atomic number. The mass number is used to calculate the number of. calculate the number of neutrons you must subtract the #. in one atom of an elemen. from the.