Check string is nonempty before indexing

[WardBrian]

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Summary:

Resolves #1238. An unchecked indexing operation on an empty string introduced by #1228 causes a crash if compiled with -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS, and possibly under other conditions

Intended Effect:

Resolves the crash

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[WardBrian]

@serban-nicusor-toptal is there an easy way to set -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS in our CI? Seems like it would catch things like this earlier.

[serban-nicusor-toptal]

I think the easiest way is to add that at the end of writeFile here https://github.com/stan-dev/cmdstan/blob/develop/Jenkinsfile#L11