From c1e6bf36e9e1737d519e53d36fa934e9ba51b89a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanj <b@pad.ma>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:07:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] dont set replace to empty string

---
 utils.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 9f48ada..4b71a7c 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ def replacePlaceNames(old, new, operator="", start=0, end=100):
     for m in matchedPlaces:
         value = m['value']
         new_value = value.replace(old, new).strip()
+        if new_value = '':
+            continue
         ret.append(api.editAnnotation({
             'id': m['id'],
             'in': m['in'],