i have a list: x=['LDA', 'D1', 'ADD', 'D2', 'STA', 'D3', 'HLT', 'D1:', 'DB', '3', 'D2:', 'DB', '2', 'D3:', 'DB', '0'] i want to indentify de nodes with ":", how i can get this????? for example: the node 7 -> "D1:" have de two points, but i don´t know how to get this information. Juliano Freitas www.gebrasil.hpg.com.br