Index: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog
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--- trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog	(revision 2572)
+++ trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/Changelog	(revision 2573)
@@ -4,4 +4,12 @@
 
                                                  -*-*- END OF LINE -*-*-
+ 2003/11/27: Abelardo Moralejo
+
+   * mdata/MDataChain.cc:
+     - added ';' as a possible alphanumeric character in the data 
+       string, to support the use of variables from MC stereo files
+       where the parameter containers for each telescope are tagged 
+       with a ';' followed by the telescope number. 
+
  2003/11/26: Thomas Bretz
 
Index: trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/mdata/MDataChain.cc
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--- trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/mdata/MDataChain.cc	(revision 2572)
+++ trunk/MagicSoft/Mars/mdata/MDataChain.cc	(revision 2573)
@@ -208,5 +208,5 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
-// Returns the number of alphanumeric characters (including '.')
+// Returns the number of alphanumeric characters (including '.' and ';')
 // in the given string
 //
@@ -216,5 +216,6 @@
     for (int i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
-        if (!isalnum(txt[i]) && txt[i]!='.' && /*txt[i]!='['&&txt[i]!=']'&&*/
+        if (!isalnum(txt[i]) && txt[i]!='.' && txt[i]!=';' && 
+	    /*txt[i]!='['&&txt[i]!=']'&&*/
             ((txt[i]!='-' && txt[i]!='+') || i!=0))
             return i;