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Cocoa in a Nutshell

Errata for Cocoa in a Nutshell

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
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Page 20
3rd paragraph

NSString *subStr = [str3 substringFromIndex7];

should be

NSString *subStr = [str3 substringFromIndex:7];

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Page 21
Example 2-3

NSArray *fields = [str componentsSeperatedByString:@":"];

should read:

NSArray *fields = [str componentsSeparatedByString:@":"];

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Page 48
4th paragraph

defs = [NSDictionary dictionaryithContentsOfFile:prefsFile];

should be

defs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:prefsFile];

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Page 54
last paragraph

"distributed objects system, discussed at the end of this chapter"
should read:
"distributed objects system, discussed in chapter 7"

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Page 91
Fig. 4-9

The text in the drawings should read miter, not meter (two places).

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Page 124
1st full paragraph on the page

The paragraph begins "Initialize an NSSocketPort to connect to a remote socket with
the method initWithRemoteTCPPort:host:."

The method name is incorrect. The sentence should be rewritten as:

"Initialize an NSSocketPort to connect to a remote socket with the method
initRemoteWithTCPPort:host:."

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Page 126
Example 6-8

nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultNotificationCenter];

should be

nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];

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Page 127
Example 6-9

nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultNotificationCenter];

should be

nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];

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Page 517
3rd to last paragraph

In addition to /Cocoa/ there are several more books published by O'Reilly that are worth mentioning:

and then it goes on to list books **NOT** published by O'Reilly. It should say:

"In addition to /Cocoa/ there are several more books not published by O'Reilly that are worth mentioning:"

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