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diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignSeq.java b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignSeq.java
index 092928f..2fd1773 100755
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignSeq.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignSeq.java
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class AlignSeq
     int maxj;
     int[] aseq1;
     int[] aseq2;
-    String astr1 = "";
-    String astr2 = "";
+    public String astr1 = "";
+    public String astr2 = "";
 
     /** DOCUMENT ME!! */
     public int seq1start;
@@ -655,14 +655,14 @@ public class AlignSeq
     public static String extractGaps(String gapChar, String seq)
     {
         StringTokenizer str = new StringTokenizer(seq, gapChar);
-        String newString = new String();
+        StringBuffer newString = new StringBuffer();
 
         while (str.hasMoreTokens())
         {
-            newString = newString + str.nextToken();
+            newString.append( str.nextToken() );
         }
 
-        return newString;
+        return newString.toString();
     }
 
     /**