diff -NurB gucharmap-1.2.0-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c gucharmap-1.2.0/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c
--- gucharmap-1.2.0-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c	2003-12-04 07:38:13.000000000 -0500
+++ gucharmap-1.2.0/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c	2003-12-04 07:39:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
 {
   const gchar *no_leading_space, *nptr;
   char *endptr;
-  g_assert (direction == -1 || direction == 1);
   gunichar wc;
+  g_assert (direction == -1 || direction == 1);
 
   if (search_text[0] == '\0')
     {