Hi All, I'm wondering whether there is a quick way to know the position of a specific charcater in a long character: for example frg="((D:41.04,I:41.04):45.05,(((E:2.32,((G:0.67,J:0.67):0.44,H:1.11):1.21)" and I would like to know that the 1st, 2nd, 26th, 27th, 28th ... character is "(", is there a quick way to do that? Thanks! Hua