From 356ddcfa4eb4e464390ac3ad3c6d0b9929969ef0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ryan X. Charles" <ryan@bitpay.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:32:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test invalid address

---
 lib/address.js       | 6 +++++-
 test/test.address.js | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/address.js b/lib/address.js
index b248aedfd..b3b36f39a 100644
--- a/lib/address.js
+++ b/lib/address.js
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ function Address(obj) {
 };
 
 Address.isValid = function(addrstr) {
-  var address = new Address().fromString(addrstr);
+  try {
+    var address = new Address().fromString(addrstr);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
   return address.isValid();
 };
 
diff --git a/test/test.address.js b/test/test.address.js
index 0700e30eb..e18cf491e 100644
--- a/test/test.address.js
+++ b/test/test.address.js
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ describe('Address', function() {
       Address.isValid(str).should.equal(true);
     });
 
+    it('should invalidate this valid address string', function() {
+      Address.isValid(str.substr(1)).should.equal(false);
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('#fromPubkey', function() {