Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | Page 43 4th paragraph, "Comments and documentation" |
"Lines starting with = are interpreted as the start of |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 43 paragraph starting with Comments |
In the sentence: |
Anonymous | |
Other Digital Version | 55 Very first item |
The non-English version of $LIST_SEPARATOR is $" but the book (at least the version in Google Books) has simply $ (missing the double quote). |
Anonymous | Sep 20, 2016 |
Printed | Page 68 3rd paragraph under "Pattern Match Variables" |
The sentence reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 132 definition of substr |
It should be added that the substr function starts with letter position of |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 139 Explanation of 'values' function |
Third sentence reads: "To sort the hash by its values, see the example under 'keys'." The 'keys' function on page 108 has no such e |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 329 sample code, 4th line |
line reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 330 Second code fragment |
$query = CGI::new; |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 343, 352 param |
Under "param" you neglect to mention that this only works for HTML forms. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 370-375 The whole DBI section is all dealphabetized. func() comes before |
execute(), etc. Boy, that's annoying. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 375 bind_col() and bind_columns() are in the middle of an alphabetical list |
when they should be back 4 pages. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 441 first listing on the page |
$ftp->cwd($home)," |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 442 8th line of code at top |
There's a "$quert" that should be "$query". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 453 The program needs to be prefaced by the URL in the call to URI::URL with |
"http://". To get to the outside the reader had to use the "proxy" method and |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 461 |
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Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 518 Chapter 18, Perl/Tk, covering the Text widget |
The example says: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 587 error on page 587 regarding the Win32::Registry example. |
It reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 594 There are incorrect pathnames in the examples. For instance, there's the |
string "C:PERL5BINPERL.EXE," which is not legal. P and B are |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 606 example at bottom of page |
There is a "0" instead of a closing double quote. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 607 bottom of page: |
You've got "pro- vide". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 615 errata for 99 version in Win32 Setting cookies examples |
code example reads: |
Anonymous |