Sentinel value
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sentinel-value-201-1486594
title:
Sentinel value
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In computer programming, a sentinel value is a special value in the context of an algorithm which uses its presence as a condition of termination, typically in a loop or recursive algorithm. The sentinel value is a form of in-band data that makes it possible to detect the end of the data when no out-of-band data is provided. The value should be selected in such a way that it is guaranteed to be distinct from all legal data values since otherwise, the presence of such values would prematurely sig
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In-band data value that must be handled specially by computer code
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_value
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2024-03-28T10:12:25Z
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