Errata for Learn to Program
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#47668: This is an article that makes you think never tohguht of that!--1 |
P4.0
01-Oct-11 |
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| vii |
#29979: On first page of Introduction, third paragraph begins "It has been more than decade." This should read "It has been more than *a* decade"--Brett Barney |
P1.0
12-Dec-07 |
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| 1 |
#30635: If anyone's interested, I put up solutions to the problems in the book, right here: learntoprogramanswers.blogspot.com |
P1.0
29-Jan-08 |
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| 12 |
#29986: In the third bullet-point under "2.4 A Few Things to Try":
". . . be as accurate--or not--you want.)"
should read
". . . be as accurate--o...more...
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P1.0
13-Dec-07 |
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| 15 |
#34455: You have us type:
puts ' 12' + ' 12'
Because of the space after the third quote, the output should read 12 12 but in the book it says 12...more...
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P1.0
09-Sep-08 |
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| 36 |
#29987: The marginal comment on this page is garbled:
"Modulus, much like
integer division, might
seem bizarre, but they it
is actually really use...more...
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P1.0
13-Dec-07 |
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| 38 |
#31155: The description of the code says "Note that I used rand(101) to get numbers from 0 to 100 and that rand(1) always returns 0." He's making a p...more...
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P1.0
06-Mar-08 |
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| 39 |
#31156: I believe that "Suffice it to say" should be "Suffice to say". |
P1.0
06-Mar-08 |
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| 64 |
#41113: reads: "what I want you do to with each"
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P4.0
26-Oct-09 |
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| 71 |
#32258: This book is my first foray into any programming language, and I'm finding it extremely readable and helpful. Thank you!
The code example a...more...
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P1.0
03-Jun-08 |
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| 103 |
#24458: Hi - not sure of this is an error, exactly. But when I run the Photo renaming utility, I get
'rename': Cross-device link - /Volumes/EOS_DIGI...more...
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P1.0
12-Apr-06 |
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| 161 |
#47318: Under "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall >How you could do it:"
There is no solution. It just says:
#<NameError: undefined local variable o...more...
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P4.0
28-Jul-11 |
