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<h1>Errata: Beginning Python (ISBN 1-59059-519-X)</h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note</span>:
These errata refer to
the first printing of the book. Some have been corrected in later
printings.
</p>
<h2>Chapter 1</h2>
<p>On page 20, the reader is instructed to <span class="error">put the </span><span class="error" style="font-family: monospace;">python.exe</span><span class="error"> file
in the </span><span class="error" style="font-family: monospace;">PATH</span><span class="error">
environment variable</span> to
execute Python from the command line on Windows. Rather than doing
this, <span class="correction">the directory </span><span class="correction" style="font-style: italic;">containing</span><span class="correction">
the Python executable should be added to the </span><span class="correction" style="font-family: monospace;">PATH</span><span class="correction"> variable</span>.
</p>
<p>On page 21 ...
</p>
<pre class="error">#/usr/bin/python2</pre>
<p>... should be ...
</p>
<pre class="correction">#!/usr/bin/python2</pre>
<h2>Chapter 5</h2>
On page 90, last two lines ...<br>
<pre class="error">>>> x is y<br>True</pre>
<p>... should be ...
</p>
<pre class="correction">>>> x is y<br>False</pre>
<h2>Chapter 7</h2>
<p>On page 147, all uses of <span class="error">larch</span> should be <span class="correction">lark</span>.</p>
<h2>Chapter 9</h2>
<p>On page 183 ...</p>
<p class="error">[...] its subclass (<code>list</code>)
[...]</p>
<p>... should be ...</p>
<p class="correction">[...] its superclass (<code>list</code>)
[...]</p>
<h2>Chapter 10</h2>
<p>On page 228 ...</p>
<p class="error"><var>a</var> < <var>n</var> < <var>b</var></p>
<p>... should be ...</p>
<p class="correction"><var>a</var> ≤ <var>n</var> < <var>b</var></p>
<h2>Chapter 12</h2>
<p>On page 277 ...
</p>
<pre class="error">vbox.Add(contents, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND | wx.LEFT | wx.LEFT | wx.LEFT, border=5)</pre>
<p>... should be ...
</p>
<pre class="correction">vbox.Add(contents, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND | wx.LEFT | wx.BOTTOM | wx.RIGHT, border=5)</pre>
<h2>Chapter 13</h2>
<p>In Listing 13-1, you may need to change
...
</p>
<pre class="error">import sqlite</pre>
<p>... into ...
</p>
<pre class="correction">from pysqlite import dbapi2 as sqlite</pre>
<p>Note that in Python 2.5, the Pysqlite wrapper is included as
the <span style="font-family: monospace;">sqlite3</span>
module.
</p>
<h2>Chapter 14</h2>
<p>On page 297...
</p>
<p class="error">I discuss the urllib module in Chapter 10
</p>
<p>... should be ...
</p>
<p class="correction">I discuss the urllib module in Chapter 14</p>
<h2>Chapter 15</h2>
<p>On page 338 ...</p>
<pre class="error">>>> items[0].keys()['link', 'description', 'title']</pre>
<p>... should be ...</p>
<pre class="correction">>>> items[0].keys()<br>['link', 'description', 'title']</pre>
<h2>Chapter 20</h2>
<p>On page 403 ...</p>
<p class="error">Its condition is a
reimplementation [...]</p>
<p>... should be ...</p>
<p class="correction">Its action is a reimplementation
[...]</p>
<h2>Appendix B</h2>
<p>On page 569 ...
</p>
<pre class="error">while < 100:</pre>
<p class="">... should be ...
</p>
<pre class="correction">while x < 100:</pre>
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