substr documentation in perldoc

Hi,

Searching perldoc (Perl 5 version 14.1) for the built-in 'substr' function gives:

substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT
substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH
substr EXPR,OFFSET

Extracts a substring out of EXPR and returns it. First character is at offset 0 ...

Is "0" a typo for "OFFSET" -- that is, should the first sentence be: "First character is at offset OFFSET..." -- or am I just confused?

Thanks,
Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum

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