// search for symbols, disregarding data

//     inside of " "

int quotesearch(int start, const char* source, const char search)

    {

     int i, len = strlen(source);

     bool igo = TRUE;

     for(i = start; i < len; i++)

         {

         if(source[i] == '\"')

             {

             if(igo == TRUE) { igo = FALSE; } else { igo = TRUE; }

             }

             if(igo == TRUE)

                 {

                 if(source[i] == search)

                     {

                     return i;

                     }

                     }

                     }

                     return -1;

                }