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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_offset(self, request):
 """Return offset parameter."""

        try:
            return _positive_int(
                get_query_param(request, self.offset_query_param),
            )
        except (KeyError, ValueError):
            return 0