diff --git a/ZString.cpp b/ZString.cpp
index 5c41f1d..4acd788 100644
--- a/ZString.cpp
+++ b/ZString.cpp
@@ -252,9 +252,8 @@ namespace coreutils {
       char *startChar = data + start;
       char *endChar = startChar + len;
       char newlen = endChar > end ? endChar - end: len;
-      if(startChar < end) {
-	 return ZString(startChar, newlen);
-      }
+      if(startChar < end) 
+	return ZString(startChar, newlen);
       return ZString();
    }