Both of these look pretty simple. $array[N-1] (should it be
capitalized? just thought of that) is the Nth element, if $array[0] is
the first. The second fix just looks like a transposition.
Hovav.
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diff -ruN orig/tutorial/PickingUpPerl/pickingUpPerl.texi
working/tutorial/PickingUpPerl/pickingUpPerl.texi
--- orig/tutorial/PickingUpPerl/pickingUpPerl.texi Sun Oct 3 20:39:30 1999
+++ working/tutorial/PickingUpPerl/pickingUpPerl.texi Sat Jan 8 03:18:37 2000
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@
First of all, for an array, @code{@@array}, of @code{N} elements. There
are scalar variables @code{$array[0]}, @code{$array[1]}, @dots{},
@code{$array[n-1]} that contain first, second, third, @dots{},
-@math{(n-1)}st elements in the array, respectively. The variables in
+@math{n}th elements in the array, respectively. The variables in
this format are full-fledged scalar variables. This means that anything
you can do with a scalar variable, you can do with these elements. This
gives a way to access array elements by subscript, and it gives a way to
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@
inherited those same control structures. It also has added a few of its
own.
-As you being to learn about Perl's control structures, realize that a
+As you begin to learn about Perl's control structures, realize that a
good number of them are syntactic sugar. You can survive using only a
subset of all the control structures that are available in Perl. You
should use those with which you are comfortable. Obey the ``hubris'' of
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