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Perl 5 Pocket Reference

Errata for Perl 5 Pocket Reference

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 3
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Description of perldoc command options is missing. At the very least, the
commands "perldoc -h" and "perldoc perl" should be mentioned so that the
reader can get enough information on the perldoc command in order to use it
further.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 7
"Numeric" paragraph

An example of a binary numeric literal (e.g. 0b1101) is missing.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 21
"index" string function

This entry incorrectly lists the ability to use a replacement string.
The "index" function does not allow the use of a replacement string.
I've verified this by comparing to several different texts and the
following website: http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc/
rindex.html. The PERL interpreter also complains when this additional
parameter is used.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 25

Now reads:

"(?< regex)
Zero-width postive look-behind assertion."
Should be:
"(?<= regex)
Zero-width postive look-behind assertion."

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 58
Between modules "Math::Complex" and "NDBM_File"

The module "Math::Trig" is missing. It was described in the pocket
reference of Perl 5.004 and to my understanding is still a standard
module of Perl 5.005.

 Anonymous