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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1997-02-08 03:25:12 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1997-02-08 03:25:12 +0000
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@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ An alternative way to do pattern matching. This is the same as
@findex substr
Returns the substring of @var{string} beginning at @var{position}
with length at most @var{length}. If either @var{position} or
-@var{length} is negative or non-numeric, returns the null string.
+@var{length} is negative, zero, or non-numeric, returns the null string.
@item index @var{string} @var{character-class}
@findex index