JAL-1759 merge from develop

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / StringUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
index 1325ce5..c55d467 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class StringUtils
    */
   public static final char[] deleteChars(char[] in, int from, int to)
   {
-    if (from >= in.length)
+    if (from >= in.length || from < 0)
     {
       return in;
     }