please do # The following script is a demonstration of how to # loop through some groups of a file to get some properties # This uses selction by group positions (think it as # each line of the control panel, but remember that # position start at zero. open pdb from "net" "1CRN"; $X = 5; do { $SEL = select in "1crn" pos $X; $PHI = phi($SEL); print $PHI; } while (++$X < 8); thank you