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Ruby Cookbook

Errata for Ruby Cookbook, Second Edition

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Page 1
4th bullet

the bullet: "New sytax primitives", spelling should be Syntax, right? This error also happens on page 195 when referring to special sytaxes. Perhaps this is correct and just a word that I'm not familiar with. Thanks.

Ryan Grow  Dec 01, 2014  Mar 10, 2015
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Page 11
Paragraph after Solution

The new keyword arguments ability has complicated the way you can potentially define a method, so here is an example of the most complicated method definition you can __possible__ do now that has every permutation in it.

possible should be possibly above, thanks!

Poch  Sep 11, 2014  Mar 10, 2015
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Page 311
2nd paragraph

First sentence of the second paragraph of chapter 9. 'Strict languages enforce strong typing, usually at compile type: ...' I believe it should be compile time, not type.

Anonymous  May 14, 2014  Mar 10, 2015
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Page 490
Bottom of page under "See Also"

The link following "Information on scripting Excel in Ruby" (http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ScriptingExcel) leads to a dead / non-existent website. (In fact, the domain seems to be up for sale.)

Note from the Author or Editor:
See http://www.codeodor.com/index.cfm/2009/6/9/Automating-Excel-with-Ruby-A-Simple-Example/3030

Anonymous  Sep 10, 2014  Mar 10, 2015