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diff --git a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
index bf5b87a..273f6ec 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public class StringUtils
     {
       text = text.substring(0, endTag);
     }
-  
+
     if (startTag == -1 && (text.contains("<") || text.contains(">")))
     {
       text = text.replaceAll("<", "&lt;");
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ public class StringUtils
   }
 
   /**
-   * Answers the input string with any occurrences of the 'encodeable' characters
-   * replaced by their URL encoding
+   * Answers the input string with any occurrences of the 'encodeable'
+   * characters replaced by their URL encoding
    * 
    * @param s
    * @param encodable
@@ -570,4 +570,18 @@ public class StringUtils
     }
     return enc;
   }
+
+  public static int firstCharPosIgnoreCase(String text, String chars)
+  {
+    int min = text.length() + 1;
+    for (char c : chars.toLowerCase().toCharArray())
+    {
+      int i = text.toLowerCase().indexOf(c);
+      if (0 <= i && i < min)
+      {
+        min = i;
+      }
+    }
+    return min < text.length() + 1 ? min : -1;
+  }
 }