Programming Ruby 3.2 (5th Edition): Beta 6

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Title: Programming Ruby 3.2 (5th edition), p 23 (in Beta 6) –
After showing declaration of hashed “instrument_section” values, the sample outputs (following the sentence “Hashes are indexed using the same square bracket notation as arrays.” – two of the following three sample outputs have extraneous characters in the "# => " results:

p instrument_section[“oboe”] # => “woodwind”\n"string" should be: # => “woodwind”
p instrument_section[“cello”] # => “string”\nnil should be: # => “string”
p instrument_section[“bassoon”] # => nil (this one’s okay)

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Great catch, thanks – it’s just a mistake I made in telling the system how to print the results – this just gets in under the wire and will be fixed in the final edition.

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Glad to help out, Noel – be sure to check other “corners” for
similar… When’s your deadline for final proofread input?
– Lorin

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So, I’m supposed to get the book back from copyedit and layout on, like, Wed, Nov 29 and turn it around immediately (24 hours).

So, that’s the deadline for any change that is small enough not to affect the layout of the book. Larger changes deadline has likely passed unless they are really egregious.

Thanks,

Noel

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Noel – btw, you’re doing a fantastic job on this latest edition of
what’s become one of my most favorite books on programming of all time!
I reallly appreciate the focus and scope of the material you’ve added
and updated, and the clarity with which you’ve rewritten and improved
several important sections/concepts. Great job, I’ll be looking forward
to receiving my own (pre-ordered) hardcopy!

Thanks so much for the hard work, effort and creativity you’ve given to
the Ruby Community.
– Lorin