X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FResidueCount.java;h=dc98f998c1739f35a93b6cddbb51b5485ba1ba82;hb=57738a1f3c19b1c3a00bd3ac5108f8cd0af32f99;hp=74eb8873b168925b6da31485fe4af39d066f9a90;hpb=3d0101179759ef157b088ea135423cd909512d9f;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/ResidueCount.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/ResidueCount.java
index 74eb887..dc98f99 100644
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/ResidueCount.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/ResidueCount.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class ResidueCount
    */
   private static final String AAS = "ACDEFGHIKLMNPQRSTUVWXY";
 
-  private static final int GAP_COUNT = 0;
+  static final int GAP_COUNT = 0;
 
   /*
    * fast lookup tables holding the index into our count
@@ -212,7 +212,12 @@ public class ResidueCount
         counts[offset] = (short) ++newValue;
       }
     }
-    maxCount = Math.max(maxCount, newValue);
+
+    if (offset != GAP_COUNT)
+    {
+      // update modal residue count
+      maxCount = Math.max(maxCount, newValue);
+    }
     return newValue;
   }
 
@@ -301,15 +306,7 @@ public class ResidueCount
    */
   public int addGap()
   {
-    int newValue;
-    if (useIntCounts)
-    {
-      newValue = ++intCounts[GAP_COUNT];
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      newValue = ++counts[GAP_COUNT];
-    }
+    int newValue = increment(GAP_COUNT);
     return newValue;
   }