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author | Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> | 2001-08-30 20:02:13 +0000 |
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committer | Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> | 2001-08-30 20:02:13 +0000 |
commit | 6c997de26654216147ccd53afcc474e73243f6cf (patch) | |
tree | f68bd06328efe32457965ccf3a12c9b5388a63b0 /doc/ref/scheme-data.texi | |
parent | cf390da1641263fdbf0db3d802737fd4b633fd50 (diff) | |
download | guile-6c997de26654216147ccd53afcc474e73243f6cf.tar.gz |
* Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from the stable CVS branch.
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diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi index 3303881ec..0adf9abfc 100755 --- a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi +++ b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ the sum of whose squares is equal to 1.0. Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates are uniformly distributed over the surface of the -unit n-shere. +unit n-sphere. @end deffn @deffn primitive random:normal [state] @@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ Fills vect with inexact real random numbers the sum of whose squares is less than 1.0. Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates -are uniformly distributed within the unit n-shere. +are uniformly distributed within the unit n-sphere. The sum of the squares of the numbers is returned. @end deffn @@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ characters enclosed in double quotes (@code{"}). @footnote{Actually, the current implementation restricts strings to a length of 2^24 characters.} If you want to insert a double quote character into a string literal, it must be prefixed with a backslash @code{\} character -(called an @emph{escape character}). +(called an @dfn{escape character}). The following are examples of string literals: @@ -1410,8 +1410,7 @@ fulfills some specified property. @rnindex string? @deffn primitive string? obj -Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else returns -@code{#f}. +Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else @code{#f}. @end deffn @deffn primitive string-null? str @@ -1522,9 +1521,9 @@ exact integers satisfying: @node String Modification @subsection String Modification -These procedures are for modifying strings in-place. That means, that -not a new string is the result of a string operation, but that the -actual memory representation of a string is modified. +These procedures are for modifying strings in-place. This means that the +result of the operation is not a new string; instead, the original string's +memory representation is modified. @rnindex string-set! @deffn primitive string-set! str k chr @@ -1821,7 +1820,7 @@ A @dfn{regular expression} (or @dfn{regexp}) is a pattern that describes a whole class of strings. A full description of regular expressions and their syntax is beyond the scope of this manual; an introduction can be found in the Emacs manual (@pxref{Regexps, -, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, or +, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), or in many general Unix reference books. If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library, and |