From 4fa6578776dc7eb65dd5d86ccfb7c0b5d377b81c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amwaterhouse <Andrew Waterhouse>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:17:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] check command.string[i] is not null

---
 src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java |   16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java b/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
index a53798a..125cb93 100644
--- a/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
+++ b/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
@@ -200,11 +200,16 @@ public class EditCommand implements CommandI
 
     for(int i=0; i<command.seqs.length; i++)
     {
-      command.string[i] = command.seqs[i].getSequence(command.position,
-                                           command.position + command.number);
+      if(command.seqs[i].getLength()>command.position)
+      {
+        command.string[i] = command.seqs[i].getSequence(command.position,
+            command.position + command.number);
+
+        System.out.println("CUT:"+command.string[i]+":");
 
-      command.seqs[i].deleteChars(command.position,
-                                  command.position+command.number);
+        command.seqs[i].deleteChars(command.position,
+                                    command.position + command.number);
+      }
 
       if(command.seqs[i].getLength()<1)
       {
@@ -229,7 +234,8 @@ public class EditCommand implements CommandI
           command.al.addSequence(command.seqs[i]);
       }
       tmp = new StringBuffer(command.seqs[i].getSequence());
-      if(command.string!=null)
+
+      if(command.string!=null && command.string[i]!=null)
       {
         tmp.insert(command.position, command.string[i]);
         command.string[i] = null;
-- 
1.7.10.2