Changed evaluation order

diff --git a/source/base/utilities.cc b/source/base/utilities.cc
index 6507542bb7a7ea7c0e8925b9a470449ca951f6d9..d6cb0fb560c567b43d85b920f76f02200796077a 100644 (file)
--- a/source/base/utilities.cc
+++ b/source/base/utilities.cc
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace Utilities
                (name[0] == ' '))
           name.erase (0,1);
 
-        while (name[name.length()-1] == ' ' && name.length() != 0)
+        while (name.length() != 0 && name[name.length()-1] == ' ')
           name.erase (name.length()-1, 1);
 
         split_list.push_back (name);