Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | Page i perldoc |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page i perldoc |
Anonymous | ||
Page n/a n/a |
Incorrect title and no author information in the PDF eBook. The book says "refbase.dvi" by "Unknown Author" on any eBook reader that has a library feature. |
Anonymous | Mar 23, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 4 Command-Line Options |
The command-line options for the perl command are given, but the perldoc command-line |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 4 Command-Line Options |
The command-line options for the perl command are given, but the perldoc command-line |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 13 Operators and Precedence table, ! and ~ operators |
I think the line: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 13 Operators and Pecedence section |
The line |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 13 Operators and Precedence table, ! and ~ operators |
I think the line: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 13 Operators and Pecedence section |
The line |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 25 Arithmetic Function not |
According to the table of operators on page 15, "not" is a low precedence operator. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 25 Arithmetic Function not |
According to the table of operators on page 15, "not" is a low precedence operator. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 explanation for 'exists' |
Paragraph states "lku must be an array a hash lookup". The word 'or' appears to be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 explanation for 'exists' |
Paragraph states "lku must be an array a hash lookup". The word 'or' appears to be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 32 Regular Expressions |
It would help greatly to have a precedence chart for regular expression operators |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 32 Regular Expressions |
It would help greatly to have a precedence chart for regular expression operators |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 38 tr/// description |
The description for tr/// doesn't mention that character ranges are supported, as in |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 38 tr/// description |
The description for tr/// doesn't mention that character ranges are supported, as in |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 48 Formatted Printing %b format string |
"%b An unsigned number (binary)" should be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 48 Last line of Standard I/O Layers section |
"PerlIO" should be "perlio". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 48 Formatted Printing %b format string |
"%b An unsigned number (binary)" should be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 48 Last line of Standard I/O Layers section |
"PerlIO" should be "perlio". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 49 .number printf flag |
The .number flag not only specifies the minimum width for an integer, but also causes |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 49 4th line |
"%o An unsigned integer, in octal." should be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 49 .number printf flag |
The .number flag not only specifies the minimum width for an integer, but also causes |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 49 4th line |
"%o An unsigned integer, in octal." should be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 53,55 die and warn command descriptions |
The die and warn commands also list the current line of the program and the current |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 53,55 die and warn command descriptions |
The die and warn commands also list the current line of the program and the current |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 72 Section "Compiler Backends" |
The "perlcc" environment still remains very experimental. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 72 Section "Compiler Backends" |
The "perlcc" environment still remains very experimental. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 73 Perl Debugger command M |
The debugger command "M" is in the wrong font. It should be in the monospaced font |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 73 Perl Debugger command M |
The debugger command "M" is in the wrong font. It should be in the monospaced font |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 79 File::stat description |
The text "by name interface" should be "by-name interface". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 79 File::stat description |
The text "by name interface" should be "by-name interface". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 88 between blib and bytes (index) |
The term "block" is missing. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 88 between blib and bytes (index) |
The term "block" is missing. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 90 Index entries for "our" |
There are two entries for "our" in different fonts in the index. However, they should |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 90 Index entries for "our" |
There are two entries for "our" in different fonts in the index. However, they should |
Anonymous |