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CD-ROM: Incorrect variable name used in \Chapter 2\prop_error\person1.cs and \Chapter 2\prop_error\person2.cs sample files
The ninth line of both the \Chapter 2\prop_error\person1.cs and \Chapter 2\prop_error\person2.cs sample files reads:
if(age<0 || age>120) {It should read:
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Page 11: Missing ")" and ";" in code sample
On Page 11, the 12th line of the first code sample reads:
Console.WriteLine(objGreeting.French
It should read:
Console.WriteLine(objGreeting.French);
Page 15: Error should be Pragma
On page 15, midway down the page, it reads:
"The #pragma directive enables or disables standard compilation
warnings.
Error directives:
#error warning disable warning_list
#error warning restore warning_list
"
It should read:
"Pragma directives:
#pragma warning disable warning_list
#pragma warning restore warning_list
"
Page 21: Incorrect Sample code for Postfix Increment and Postfix Decrement in Table 1-4
On page 21, the Postfix Increment and Postfix Decrement rows of Table 1-4 read:
Postfix Increment ++ variable --; 10; 10
Postfix Decrement -- variable ++; 11
They should read:
Postfix Increment ++ variable ++; 11
Postfix Decrement -- variable --; 10
Page 24: Error in Conditional Operator example
On page 24, under Ternary operators, the Conditional Operator example currently reads:
boolean_expression:truth_statement?false_statement
It should read:
boolean_expression?truth_statement:false_statement
Page 37: Variable name error in code sample
On page 37, the second code sample in the "Nullable Types" section reads:
double? variablea=null;
It should read:
double? variable1=null;
Page 37: variablea referenced in place of variable2
On page 37, the second to last sentence of the final paragraph reads:
"This code sets the default value for variablea to zero."
It should read:
"This code sets the default value for variable2 to zero."
Page 40: Error in switch statement explanation
On page 40, below the sample Switch statement code, the sixth sentence in the paragraph reads:
"If switch label matches the switch expresssion..."
It should read:
"If no switch label matches the switch expression..."
Page 48: Incorrect variable name used in code sample
On page 48, the ninth and tenth lines of the code sample read:
Employee Jim=new Employee();
Fred.name="Wilson, Jim";
They should read:
Employee Fred=new Employee();
Fred.name="Wilson, Fred";
Page 66: Error in description of constructor output
On page 66, the fourth sentence of the paragraph immediately following the bulletted list reads:
"The static constructor is stubbed to output a method."
It should read:
"The static constructor is stubbed to output a message."
Page 68: Destructor description missing the word "name"
On page 68, the fifth sentence of the Destructors section reads:
"Like a constructor, the destructor has the same as the class..."
It should read:
"Like a constructor, the destructor has the same name as the class...
"
Page 71: Term "backing" used in place of the term "data"
On page 71, the first line currently reads:
"public, whereas the backing store is private."
This should read:
"public, whereas the data store is private.
"
Page 80: Technical error in comparison of locala and localb variables
On page 80, the fourth and fifth sentences of the second paragraph in the "Identity versus Equivalence" section read:
"The variables locala and localb are not equivalent. They have the same values but are stored at different locations on the stack:"
They should read:
"The variables locala and localb are neither equivalent nor identical. They have different values and are stored at different locations on the stack:"
Page 80: Example variable has the wrong type
On page 80, the third line of the first code sample in the "Identity versus Equivalence" section reads:
double localc=5;
It should read:
int localc=5;
Page 150: Derived class referenced in place of base class
On page 150, the last sentence of the first paragraph reads:
"This both creates the inheritance relationship and adds the derived class to the class diagram."
It should read:
"This both creates the inheritance relationship and adds the base class to the class diagram."
Page 150: Incorrect instruction for creating a derived class relationship
On page 150, the third sentence on the page reads:
"Drag the inheritance line from the base class to the derived class."
It should read:
"Drag the inheritance line from the derived class to the base class."
Page 187: Term "multirectangle" used in place of "multidimensional"
On page 187, the fourth sentence of the first paragraph reads:
"Multirectangle arrays are rectangular and consist of rows and columns."
It should read:
"Multidimensional arrays are rectangular and consist of rows and columns."
Pages 235-236: Technical errors in code sample
On pages 235-236, the code sample reads:
using System;
namespace Donis.CSharpBook{
public class Starter{
public static void Main(){
StackInt stack=new StackInt(5);
stack.Push(10);
stack.Push(15);
Console.WriteLine("Pushed 3 values");
stack.ListItems();
stack.Pop();
Console.WriteLine("Popped 1 value");
stack.ListItems();
}
}
public class StackInt {
public StackInt(int firstItem) {
list=new int[1] {firstItem};
}
public int Pop() {
if(top!=0) {
return list[--top];
}
throw new Exception("Stack empty");
}
public void Push(int topitem) {
++top;
if(top==list.Length) {
int [] temp=new int[top+1];
Array.Copy(list, temp, top);
list=temp ;
}
list[top]=topitem;
}
public void ListItems () {
for(int item=0;item<=top;++item) {
Console.WriteLine(list[item]);
}
}
private int [] list;
private int top=0;
}
}It should read:
using System;
namespace Donis.CSharpBook{
public class Starter{
public static void Main(){
StackInt stack=new StackInt(5);
stack.Push(10);
stack.Push(15);
Console.WriteLine("Pushed 3 values");
stack.ListItems();
stack.Pop();
Console.WriteLine("Popped 1 value");
stack.ListItems();
}
}
public class StackInt {
public StackInt(int firstItem) {
list=new int[1] {firstItem};
top++;
}
public int Pop() {
if(top!=(-1)) {
return list[top--]; //was list[--top]
}
throw new Exception("Stack empty");
}
public void Push(int topitem) {
++top;
if(top==list.Length) {
int [] temp=new int[top+1];
Array.Copy(list, temp, top);
list=temp ;
}
list[top]=topitem;
}
public void ListItems () {
for(int item=0;item<=top;++item) {
Console.WriteLine(list[item]);
}
}
private int [] list;
private int top=(-1);
}
}Page 281: The term "an enumerator" is used in place of "enumerated"
On page 281, the fourth sentence of the first paragraph reads:
"In Main, the collection is an enumerator in a generic and nongeneric manner."
It should read:
"In Main, the collection is enumerated in a generic and nongeneric manner."
Page 281: Incorrect variable name used in the code sample
On page 281, the 14th line of the code sample reads:
foreach(int number in generic) {It should read:
foreach(int number in simple) {
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