Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 10793)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 10794)
@@ -616,5 +616,5 @@
                 } catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {
                     throw new ParseError(tr(rxErrorMsg, e.getPattern(), e.getIndex(), e.getMessage()), e);
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                } catch (IllegalArgumentException | StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                     throw new ParseError(tr(rxErrorMsgNoPos, value, e.getMessage()), e);
                 }