From b0cc9a1514ede9d8806a08ac810d21b96b560494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcarver <tjc>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:19:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix for blank lines in GenBank sequence

---
 uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GenbankStreamSequence.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GenbankStreamSequence.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GenbankStreamSequence.java
index bdbe33642..add840798 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GenbankStreamSequence.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GenbankStreamSequence.java
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ public class GenbankStreamSequence extends StreamSequence
                                            in_stream.getLineNumber());
         }
       }
-      appendChar(this_line_sequence_buffer.toString().toLowerCase().toCharArray());
+      
+      if(this_line_sequence_buffer.length() > 0)
+        appendChar(this_line_sequence_buffer.toString().toLowerCase().toCharArray());
     }
     setCounts();
   }
-- 
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