From cb6b538fc1262b6e66fd6c6df652703a9d0828d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayoub Mabrouk <ayoubmabroukcontact@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:50:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] perf: add early exit in valueSlice for empty ranges

---
 src/index.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 30fd59a..e261bd7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ function eqIndex(str: string, min: number, max: number) {
  * Slice out a value between startPod to max.
  */
 function valueSlice(str: string, min: number, max: number) {
+  if (min >= max) return "";
   let start = min;
   let end = max;