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Book Corrections

• Page 433. The syntax prototype for the arcTo() method should read arcTo, not arc. The parameters as shown are correct for the arcTo() method.

• Page 440. The syntax prototype for the strokeRect() method should read strokeRect, not fillRect. The parameters as shown are correct for the strokeRect() method.

• Page 620. For the size property, the default value shown is for Internet Explorer. Default values for Mozilla and Opera are 0 (zero); for Safari, the default is an empty string.

• Page 647. You can also assign the ID of an element (as a string) to the hash property.

• Page 1084. The toString() method of a number object (or value) does have an optional parameter: a number signifying the numerical base to be used when converting the number to a string. For example, if you specify 16 as the parameter, the number is converted to its hexadecimal equivalent (as a string, that is).

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