Errata
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".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
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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Printed | Page 34 Code example under "Testing Our Quiz" heading |
A semicolon has been added after the gotoAndStop ("init") statement. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 45 First paragraph (after the tip) |
The last sentence of the paragraph, "Here's the code:" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 80 Comment about 3/4 of the way down the page |
The comment used to read: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 87 Middle of the page; |
In the example code, the word "Pain" has been changed to start with a lowercase "p" rather than a capital "P". The code now reads: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 102 first code sample |
In the code sample that calculates the volume of a cylinder, the variable |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 108 last paragraph |
"If the divisor is zero, the result is NaN" is incorrect. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 108 Last paragraph; The text used to read |
"If the divisor is zero, the result is NaN." |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 109 first code sample on page |
In the code sample that checks for a zero divisor, line 3 is missing curly braces |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 127 second code sample |
In the second code sample on the page, the diameter variable is incorrectly set to |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 137 second code sample on page |
In the second code sample on the page, the value of Math.PI is missing a "1". Line 3 |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 171 Last paragraph before "Exiting and Returning Values from Functions" |
The second-last sentence used to read: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 177 first code example |
In the first code example, the word "function" was missing a "c". Line 2 of |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 188 Middle of example in middle of page |
In the makeClip function example, the code used to read: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 215 First paragraph; The last line |
"Unlike the keyPress button event, keyDownclip events occur when any |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 235 Fourth sentence in second paragraph |
The sentence used to read: "Like the letters in the alphabet or the amino acid |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 297 Footnote to Figure 13-4 |
The word "no" at the end of the first line of the footnote should be "not" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 323 Example 13-5 |
The #include cannot have a comment on the same line. The line: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 373 tip text |
The MIME type in the tip text (marked by an owl graphic), is incorrectly listed as: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 463 Last code example |
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Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 476 last example before See Also for "#include" |
In the example for #include showing syntax differences between Macintosh |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 522 frameNumber argument for MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() |
When passed a below-range frame number, the MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() method actually |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 523 frameNumber argument for MovieClip.gotoAndStop() |
When passed a below-range frame number, the MovieClip.gotoAndStop() method actually |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 524 Usage paragraph; The last sentence used to read |
"when a clip is called." |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 530 Third paragraph |
The second sentence used to read: |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 548 Under "See Also" under "Number.MIN_VALUE Property" |
"See Also: Number.MX_VALUE" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 556 Second and third lines of Description under "play() Global function" |
There wass a bad break of parentheses following the word "play" at the end of |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 605 End of first paragraph |
On page 605, the word "indexes" after the colon at the end of the first |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 2001 |