GRE definintion of "between"

[hombre.madera]

I am doing the problems at the end of the "fractions, decimals, and percents" and it has a question where the value of p is between 0 and 1, which i got wrong. I am used to SQL (databases) where between means the end points are included. In the GRE, does between exclude the endpoints?

Thanks,

Josh

[nareshchowdary28]

Whether you use SQL or Oracle or DB2 databases, everywhere between means the results will be exclude the limits only.

try execute queries once again.
I knew that people will always have a confusion in deciding whether to include or not in below cases.

number of intergers between 1 to 1000 exclude..?
number of intergers between 1 to 1000 include..?

to solve this use a simple logic that take three numbers like 1,2,3

and number of intergers between 1 and 3 exclude is....

now calculate

3-1 = 2 and now count the numbers between 1 and 3 (only one) so the answer is (3-1)-1 = 1

now numbers between 1 and 3 include are 3-1 = 2 but counting will give you 3 (since include) so the answer is (3-1)+1

Hope it helps in exam.

Thanks,
Naresh

[tommywallach]

Hey Hombre,

I can't speak for programming languages, but I CAN speak for the meaning of the word between! Between always means the space exclusive of the endpoints being mentioned (i.e. "The countries between Egypt and South Africa are numerous" would not include Egypt and South Africa). So, in the future, assume it's exclusive when they use that word.

Not quite sure what Naresh is getting at there, to be honest, so let me know if you have further questions (and Naresh, make sure you're clear when giving out advice; the grammatical issues make it a little hazy what you mean, and I don't want people to get confused).

Thanks!

-t