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diff --git a/numpy/core/defchararray.py b/numpy/core/defchararray.py
index 80822328c..39492b421 100644
--- a/numpy/core/defchararray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/defchararray.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class chararray(ndarray):
if isinstance(val, (string_, unicode_)):
temp = val.rstrip()
if len(temp) == 0:
- val = val[0]
+ val = ''
else:
val = temp
return val