Textbook Errata
Here are the errors found to date in Java: Learning to Program with
Robots. Please send additions to the list to
bwbecker@learningwithrobots.com.
| Ch |
Page |
Where |
Error |
Thanks to |
| 1 |
12 |
Figure 1-8 |
The constructor is missing a comma after int anAvenue. |
LK, 15-Jan-08 |
| 1 |
20 |
Last sentence in 1.4.4 |
Delete the last sentence in section 1.4.4. Some statements we discuss
later do not end in a semicolon. |
LK, 15-Jan-08 |
| 1 |
41 |
Line -5 |
Direction.East which should be replaced with Direction.EAST. |
BWB, 15-Jun-06 |
| 2 |
96 |
Listing 2-14 |
Line 6 should omit "extends Object" to be consistent with the rest of the book. |
BWB, 15-Jun-06 |
| 2 |
101 |
Listing 2.16 |
The given code will throw an exception if the robot attempts to
pick up or put down a Thing. This is an error in becker.jar. A corrected version is available for download. A workaround that works
with the distributed version is to add the following line to the ArmRobotIcon constructor:
this.setSize(0.85); |
SW at ISU, 12-Jun-06 |
| 3 |
132 |
Fig 3-6 |
The box labeled goToNextRow() in the second row should be labeled positionForNextHarvest(). |
BWB, 15-Jun-06 |
| 4 |
194 |
Listing 4-5 |
In Line 6 "RectanglePlanterextendsRobotSE" should have spaces added: "RectanglePlanter extends RobotSE". |
TK, 26-Feb-07 |
| 6 |
283 |
Listing 6-4 |
Line 4 should omit "extends Object" to be consistent with the rest of the book. |
BWB, 14-Jun-06 |
| 6 |
284 |
Listing 6-5 |
Line 8 should read this.direction instead of simply direction to be consistent with the rest of the book. |
BWB, 14-Jun-06 |
| 6 |
287 |
Listing 6-6 |
Line 15 should read private int direction = Constants.EAST; to be consistent with the previous discussion. |
BWB, 15-Jun-06 |
| 6 |
291 |
Listing 6-7 |
Line 14 should have sensorX - 6 and sensorY - 6 instead of sensorX - 5 and sensorY - 5. |
BWB, 15-Jun-06 |
| 6 |
300 |
Lines 10-11 |
In the short listing, the lines labelled 11 and 12 City should be replaced with SimpleCity and Direction should be int. |
SW at ISU, 10-Oct-06 |
| 7 |
342 |
|
The text fails to mention importing java.text.NumberFormat. |
BWB 26-Jun-06 |
| 7 | 357 | Para 1 | "the keyword class replaces the keyword enum..." should read "the keyword enum replaces the keyword class..." | TK 24-Mar-06 |
| 7 |
383 |
Line -8 |
The declaration of uniqueID includes the keyword final; it should not. |
BWB 26-Jun-06 |
| 8 |
437 |
Para 4 |
The template for the foreach statement should include <<statements using varName>> as the body of the loop. |
BWB 27-Jun-06 |
| 9 |
479 |
Line 7 |
A closing parenthesis is missing. |
BWB 1-Aug-06 |
| 9 |
509 |
Line 14 |
The second bullet of Related Patterns should read "The action of
reading one record..." |
BWB 3-Aug-06 |
| 10 |
533 |
Mid-page |
The pseudocode is missing a return at the end. |
BWB 15-Aug-06 |
| 10 |
546 |
Listing 10-8 |
Line 6 has readInt(); it should be nextInt(). |
BWB 22-Aug-06 |
Contact:
bwbecker@learningwithrobots.com. |