From 2d72e274e3c21fa0f91778b56f886d2e6558cf4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: extendedclip <fairviewent@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 14:08:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] account for empty strings

---
 .../java/me/clip/placeholderapi/replacer/CharsReplacer.java    | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/replacer/CharsReplacer.java b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/replacer/CharsReplacer.java
index a799eda..00a8b96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/replacer/CharsReplacer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/replacer/CharsReplacer.java
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ public final class CharsReplacer implements Replacer {
       builder.append(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', replacement));
     }
 
+    if (builder.length() == 0) {
+      return "";
+    }
     char c = builder.charAt(builder.length() - 1);
     if (c == ' ') {
       return builder.substring(0, builder.length() - 1);