From c.r.dilworth@gmail.com

Created by c.r.dilworth@gmail.com

Noticed a bit of a typo in the first example of the Subscripts section of
perldata. http​://perldoc.perl.org/perldata.html#Subscripts

  print "Element Number 2 is", $myarray[2], "\n";

Should be changed to either​:

  print "Element Number 3 is", $myarray[2], "\n";

or​:

  print "Element Number 2 is", $myarray[1], "\n";

Especially considering the first sentence after the code example :)

Flags:
    category=docs
    severity=low

From daniel@crisman.org

To avoid any confusion about the equivalence (or lack there of) of
'element number', 'index', or 'array subscript' the attached patch
changes from cardinal to ordinal numbering with "The Third Element is"
which avoids any character in the string that could be used as a
subscript.

I did not find any other use of 'element number' in blead and the
ordinal style is used other locations in perldata.

dc

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12​:51​:00PM -0700, ryan dilworth wrote​:

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Noticed a bit of a typo in the first example of the Subscripts section of
perldata. http​://perldoc.perl.org/perldata.html#Subscripts

print "Element Number 2 is", $myarray[2], "\n";

Should be changed to either​:

print "Element Number 3 is", $myarray[2], "\n";

or​:

print "Element Number 2 is", $myarray[1], "\n";

Especially considering the first sentence after the code example :)

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From daniel@crisman.org

--- blead/pod/perldata.pod	2008-09-19 17:04:17.000000000 -0400
+++ 34562_perldata_index/pod/perldata.pod	2008-10-23 18:08:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
 square brackets.  For example:
 
     @myarray = (5, 50, 500, 5000);
-    print "Element Number 2 is", $myarray[2], "\n";
+    print "The Third Element is", $myarray[2], "\n";
 
 The array indices start with 0. A negative subscript retrieves its 
 value from the end.  In our example, C<$myarray[-1]> would have been 

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @mhx

On 2008-10-23, at 20​:14​:56 -0400, Daniel Frederick Crisman wrote​:

To avoid any confusion about the equivalence (or lack there of) of
'element number', 'index', or 'array subscript' the attached patch
changes from cardinal to ordinal numbering with "The Third Element is"
which avoids any character in the string that could be used as a
subscript.

Thanks, applied as #34566.

Marcus

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@mhx - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'