From 4c0ca7a173a40324a38a708d44322b55317bcba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:19:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add default value for consistency

---
 dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcelem.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcelem.h b/dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcelem.h
index ae88f5eb35..8f93c63bc8 100644
--- a/dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcelem.h
+++ b/dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcelem.h
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class DCMTK_DCMDATA_EXPORT DcmElement
      *  @return EC_Normal upon success, an error code otherwise
      */
     virtual OFCondition getOFString(OFString &str,
-                                    const unsigned long pos,
+                                    const unsigned long pos = 0,
                                     OFBool normalize = OFTrue);
 
     /** get entire element value as a character string.