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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In the documentation 'Getting Started With Erlang' Version 5.6.5 at <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html">http://www.erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html</A><BR>
under the section 2.3 'Atoms' there is a mistake on the error message demonstration shell function v/1. <BR>
The error on the function convert/2 occurs at line 12:<BR>
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12> tut2:convert(3, miles).<BR>
** exception error: no function clause matching tut2:convert(3,miles)<BR>
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and the yet documentation points the shell function v/1 to line 13, instead of line 12<BR>
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13> v(13)<BR>
{'EXIT',{function_clause,[{tut2,convert,[3,miles]},<BR>
{erl_eval,do_apply,5},<BR>
{shell,exprs,6},<BR>
{shell,eval_exprs,6},<BR>
{shell,eval_loop,3}]}}<BR>
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therefore the argument to v/2 should be 12:<BR>
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13> v(12)<BR>
{'EXIT',{function_clause,[{tut2,convert,[3,miles]},<BR>
{erl_eval,do_apply,5},<BR>
{shell,exprs,6},<BR>
{shell,eval_exprs,6},<BR>
{shell,eval_loop,3}]}}<BR>
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