diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95578d57a..54425ddf6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
   ============================ Rework-16 ==================================
 
+
+2005-08-26  Paolo Nenzi <p.nenzi@ieee.org> 
+
+  *  src/fronted/dotcards.c: expressions were not parsed correctly, the bug
+     was in the offset from string base: corrected.
+     
 2005-08-23  Paolo Nenzi <p.nenzi@ieee.org>
 
   *  src/xspice/icm/xtradev/aswitch/cfunc.mod: Added minimum on resistance
diff --git a/src/frontend/dotcards.c b/src/frontend/dotcards.c
index 232b35f8d..30dbd39d0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/dotcards.c
+++ b/src/frontend/dotcards.c
@@ -451,35 +451,35 @@ fixem(char *string)
         for (s = string; *s && (*s != ','); s++) ; *s++ = '\0';
         for (t = s;      *t && (*t != ')'); t++) ; *t   = '\0';
         if (eq(s, "0")) (void) sprintf(buf, "mag(v(%s))", string + 3);
-        else if (eq(string + 2, "0"))
+        else if (eq(string + 3, "0"))
                         (void) sprintf(buf, "mag(-v(%s))", s);
         else            (void) sprintf(buf, "mag(v(%s)-v(%s))", string + 3, s);
     } else if (ciprefix("vp(", string)) {
         for (s = string; *s && (*s != ','); s++) ; *s++ = '\0';
         for (t = s;      *t && (*t != ')'); t++) ; *t   = '\0';
         if (eq(s, "0")) (void) sprintf(buf, "ph(v(%s))", string + 3);
-        else if (eq(string + 2, "0"))
+        else if (eq(string + 3, "0"))
                         (void) sprintf(buf, "ph(-v(%s))", s);
         else            (void) sprintf(buf, "ph(v(%s)-v(%s))", string + 3, s);
     } else if (ciprefix("vi(", string)) {
         for (s = string; *s && (*s != ','); s++) ; *s++ = '\0';
         for (t = s;      *t && (*t != ')'); t++) ; *t   = '\0';
         if (eq(s, "0")) (void) sprintf(buf, "imag(v(%s))", string + 3);
-        else if (eq(string + 2, "0"))
+        else if (eq(string + 3, "0"))
                         (void) sprintf(buf, "imag(-v(%s))", s);
         else            (void) sprintf(buf, "imag(v(%s)-v(%s))", string + 3, s);
     } else if (ciprefix("vr(", string)) {
         for (s = string; *s && (*s != ','); s++) ; *s++ = '\0';
         for (t = s;      *t && (*t != ')'); t++) ; *t   = '\0';
         if (eq(s, "0")) (void) sprintf(buf, "real(v(%s))", string + 3);
-        else if (eq(string + 2, "0"))
+        else if (eq(string + 3, "0"))
                         (void) sprintf(buf, "real(-v(%s))", s);
         else            (void) sprintf(buf, "real(v(%s)-v(%s))", string + 3, s);
     } else if (ciprefix("vdb(", string)) {
         for (s = string; *s && (*s != ','); s++) ; *s++ = '\0';
         for (t = s;      *t && (*t != ')'); t++) ; *t   = '\0';
         if (eq(s, "0")) (void) sprintf(buf, "db(v(%s))", string + 4);
-        else if (eq(string + 2, "0"))
+        else if (eq(string + 4, "0"))
                         (void) sprintf(buf, "db(-v(%s))", s);
         else            (void) sprintf(buf, "db(v(%s)-v(%s))", string + 4, s);
     } else if (ciprefix("i(", string)) {