Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
by Stephen Spainhour, Ellen Siever, Nate Patwardhan 

The following errata were *corrected* in the 5/07 reprint.


This page was updated April 26, 2007.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


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{66}  2nd Paragraph under "Pattern-Matching Operators" heading;

m/pattern/gimosxe
->
m/pattern/gimosx

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(302)  3rd paragraph, under Net::FTP;

Implements a simple FTP client in Perl (see Chapter 16).
->
Implements a simple FTP client in Perl (see Chapter 18).

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{375}  Topmost Perl script, 2nd line;

print << EOF
->
print <<EOF;

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{375}  Topmost Perl script, lines 8-12;

$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}<BR>
$ENV{'SERVER_PORT'}<BR>
$ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'}<BR>
$ENV{'SERVER_PROTOCOL'}<BR>
$ENV{'GATEWAY_INTERFACE'}<BR>

->

$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}
$ENV{'SERVER_PORT'}
$ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'}
$ENV{'SERVER_PROTOCOL'}
$ENV{'GATEWAY_INTERFACE'}

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{397}  line 26 (syntax example in mid-page) under textfield;

print $query->textfield(-name=>'name',
-default=>'value',

->

print $query->textfield(-name=>'name',
-value=>'value',

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(566)  Section "path_query";

Sets and gets the escapted path and query components.
->
Sets and gets the escaped path and query components.

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{566}  Section "path_segments", 2nd sentence;

In a scalar content, ...
->
In a scalar context, ...

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{566}  Section "path_segments", 3rd sentence;

In a list contents, ...
->
In a list context, ...

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