1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/being.cpp b/src/being.cpp
index 521947e3..565eb35f 100644
--- a/src/being.cpp
+++ b/src/being.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void Being::setSpeech(const std::string &text, Uint32 time)
         end = mSpeech.find(']', start);
     }
 
-    if (mSpeech != "")
+    if (!mSpeech.empty())
         mSpeechTime = time <= SPEECH_MAX_TIME ? time : SPEECH_MAX_TIME;
 }
 
@@ -756,14 +756,14 @@ void Being::internalTriggerEffect(int effectId, bool sfx, bool gfx)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (gfx && ed->mGFXEffect != "") {
+    if (gfx && !ed->mGFXEffect.empty()) {
         Particle *selfFX;
 
         selfFX = particleEngine->addEffect(ed->mGFXEffect, 0, 0);
         controlParticle(selfFX);
     }
 
-    if (sfx && ed->mSFXEffect != "") {
+    if (sfx && !ed->mSFXEffect.empty()) {
         sound.playSfx(ed->mSFXEffect);
     }
 }
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static void initializeHair()
                 int index = atoi(XML::getProperty(node, "id", "-1").c_str());
                 std::string value = XML::getProperty(node, "value", "");
 
-                if (index >= 0 && value != "") {
+                if (index >= 0 && !value.empty()) {
                     if (index >= hairColorsNr) {
                         hairColorsNr = index + 1;
                         hairColors.resize(hairColorsNr, "#000000");