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diff --git a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Arrays.xml b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Arrays.xml index cf8b2fea..c487503b 100644 --- a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Arrays.xml +++ b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Arrays.xml @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ foo["harry"] = 25 <section id="tuples"> - <title>Tuples</title> + <title>Array Slots</title> <para>Another important point to remember in arrays is that each element therein (i.e. the indexed expression) exists in a <emphasis>slot</emphasis>. A key pair's slot is defined by the order in which each pair's unique key is defined. In our sample array <command>foo</command> in <xref linkend="arraysimplestexample"/>, the key pair that uses the unique key <command>tom</command> is in the first slot, since <command>tom</command> was the first unique key to be defined. <command>dick</command> is in the second slot, and so on.</para> - -<para>The sequence in which each key pair appears in an array (as defined by each pair's slot) is referred to as a <emphasis>tuple</emphasis>. Tuples allow us to refer to key pairs in an array by the order in which they appear in the sequence.</para> +<!-- +<para>The sequence in which each key pair appears in an array (as defined by each pair's slot) is referred to as a <emphasis>tuple</emphasis>. Tuples allow us to refer to key pairs in an array by the order in which they appear in the sequence.</para>--> <para>For example, the array statements in <xref linkend="arraysimplestexample"/> set 23 as the associated value of the unique key <command>tom</command>. Given the same array <command>foo</command>, we can increment the associated value of <command>tom</command> by 1 using the operator <command>++</command>, like so:</para> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ foo["harry"] = 25 foo["tom"] ++ </screen> -<para>The above statement will increase the associated value of unique key <command>tom</command> to 24. Now, looking back at <xref linkend="arraysimplestexample"/>, we know that <command>dick</command> was the first uniqe key to be defined. As such, we can perform the same operation (i.e. incrementing associated value by 1) to <command>dick</command> using the following statement:</para> +<para>The above statement will increase the associated value of unique key <command>tom</command> to 24. Now, looking back at <xref linkend="arraysimplestexample"/>, we know that <command>dick</command> was the first unique key to be defined. As such, we can perform the same operation (i.e. incrementing associated value by 1) to <command>dick</command> using the following statement:</para> <screen> foo[2] ++ |