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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 977261936f..0235c37fed 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -5497,9 +5497,10 @@ to give the expression the correct precedence as in vec($image, $max_x * $x + $y, 8) = 3; -If the selected element is off the end of the string, the value 0 is -returned. If an element off the end of the string is written to, -Perl will first extend the string with sufficiently many zero bytes. +If the selected element is outside the string, the value 0 is returned. +If an element off the end of the string is written to, Perl will first +extend the string with sufficiently many zero bytes. It is an error +to try to write off the beginning of the string (i.e. negative OFFSET). Strings created with C<vec> can also be manipulated with the logical operators C<|>, C<&>, C<^>, and C<~>. These operators will assume a bit |