Errata

[minor spoiler alert]
Crossword 16 across:. Python is this type of language.
Answer: Highlevel

The term "high level language" cannot be found in Chapter 1. "High-level" is mentioned on p6, bullet point 1 and in the bullet points on p 28, though. This might be confusing for some readers.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Confirmed. I think the easiest thing here is to delete this question/answer.

Adjunct Professor of Music Technology at NYU
and Montclair State University

should be:


Ethan Hein, Adjunct Professor of Music Technology at NYU
and Montclair State University

"...lawn sprinker system..."

I guess it should spell
"...lawn sprinkler system..."

"Python Supports two numeric types, integers and floating-point numbers, in addition to a couple other types indended for scientific computation".

It should be intended, instead of indended.

"Think of a Boolean value representing... All of those are Boolean values, True or False, that determine where you code goes from there."

The 'you' is supposed to be a 'your'.

"…figure out how to reprompt the user..":
Double period at end of sentence should one be one or ellipsis.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Remove extra period on last paragraph, 1st sentence.

"But the variables in our code, like scoop, are changing throughout the computation."

"scoop" should be "scoops"

Note from the Author or Editor:
In annotation for 2nd code example, 2nd sentence, add an 's' to the end of scoop:

"But the variables in our code, like scoop[s], are changing throughout the computation."

Label for second smoothie says "stawberry", should be "strawberry"

In the three illustrations, the label for the second smoothie says "stawberry", but it should be "strawberry".

label for 2nd glass in list reads 'stawberry', should be 'strawberry'

"After that the code bock of the for loop is executed for the last time."

It is supposed to be "block" instead of "bock".

"To do that I think we need to maintain a highest score variable that keeps track as we interate through the list. Here, let me write some Python-like pseudocode:"

"interate" should be "iterate".

"You’ve seen how to create an empty list with two square backets…"
Missing 'r' in 'brackets'. Ah, here it is: 'r'

"So unless your passion turns out to be sorting algorithms, wouldn't you rather be working on your probem at hand?

Substitute 'probem', with 'problem'.

'It can also makes implementing'

should be

'It can also make implementing'

Original: "Don’t worry about entering this code yet:; we'll do it on the next page."

Remove either colon or semicolon. Maybe use slice to do so.

Change:

already used the dot operator quite few times in this book

to

already used the dot operator quite a few times in this book

(add the 'a' after the word 'quite')

"Now we’re going to call make_spiral intead of make_square."
"intead" -> "instead"

"What happens if I try to delete a key that doesn’t exist??"
Double question mark.

Brain Building paragraph, after the second hyphen —— “although don’t forget to write some some”

Remove the second ‘some’

"You already know, becasue the pseudocode…."
-> because

"The Python intepreter"
-> The Python interpreter

"…without having the interepter just give up;"

change to:

"…without having the interpreter just give up;"

‘Though are all actual Web APIs’

should be changed to

‘These are all...’

Original: "…the book's ch10 folde;…"
Change to "…the book's ch10 folder;"

"[…] write a new count_neighbors function from scatch."

"scatch" -> "scratch"

"Notice how each time you click the function start_hander is immediately called."

"start_hander" -> "start_handler"

"In this diagram we’re going to use new global variable […]"

Missing "a":
Change to:

"In this diagram we’re going to use a new global variable […]"

"mutiple" -> "multiple"