diff --git a/config/mdarray.cfg b/config/mdarray.cfg
index 81116bda..f7ee2465 100644
--- a/config/mdarray.cfg
+++ b/config/mdarray.cfg
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ persistidents 0
 
 islists = [
   bool = 0
-  loop i (listlen $arg1) [
-    if (> (listlen (at $arg1 $i)) 1) [
+  loop il (listlen $arg1) [
+    if (> (listlen (at $arg1 $il)) 1) [
       bool = 1; break
     ]
   ]
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ getQuotePosition = [
 reverseString = [
   oldstr = $arg1
   newstr = []
-  loop i (strlen $oldstr) [
-    newstr = (concatword $newstr (substr $oldstr (* (+ $i 1) -1) 1))
+  loop ri (strlen $oldstr) [
+    newstr = (concatword $newstr (substr $oldstr (* (+ $ri 1) -1) 1))
   ]
   result $newstr
 ]
@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@ MDArray_New_Subarray = [
 ]
 // finds the open and close bracket pair positions of a subarray in an existing mdarray
 MDArray_Get_Bracket_Positions = [
-  open_bracket_pos = (+ (strpos $arg1 $arg2) (+ (strlen $arg2) 1))
+  targ1 = $arg1
+  targ2 = $arg2
+  open_bracket_pos = (+ (strpos $targ1 $targ2) (+ (strlen $targ2) 1))
   close_bracket_pos = -1
   
-  loop i (- (strlen $arg1) $open_bracket_pos) [
-    next_char = (+ (+ $open_bracket_pos $i) 1)
-    if (strstr (substr $arg1 $next_char 1) "]") [
+  loop mgp (- (strlen $targ1) $open_bracket_pos) [
+    next_char = (+ (+ $open_bracket_pos $mgp) 1)
+    if (strstr (substr $targ1 $next_char 1) "]") [
       close_bracket_pos = $next_char
       break
     ]
@@ -80,34 +82,39 @@ MDArray_Get_Bracket_Positions = [
 ]
 // returns either an entire subarray or a single element from a subarray of an existing mdarray
 MDArray_Get = [
-  mdarray = (getalias $arg1)
-  target = (findlist $mdarray $arg2)
+  marg1 = $arg1
+  marg2 = $arg2
+  marg3 = $arg3
+  mdarray = (getalias $marg1)
+  target = (findlist $mdarray $marg2)
   
   if (!= $target -1) [
-    MDArray_Get_Bracket_Positions $mdarray $arg2
+    MDArray_Get_Bracket_Positions $mdarray $marg2
     if (!= $close_bracket_pos -1) [
       += open_bracket_pos 1 // skip the bracket itself when extracting the subarray with the line below
       -= close_bracket_pos 1
       subarray = (substr $mdarray $open_bracket_pos (- $close_bracket_pos $open_bracket_pos))
       
-      if (<= (countQuotes $subarray) 2) [ // quotes need to be trimmed from single-list subarrays
+      if (countQuotes $subarray) [ 
         getQuotePosition $subarray
-        subarray = (substr $subarray (+ $open_q 1))
-        subarray = (substr $subarray 0 (- (strlen $subarray) 1))
+        if (&& (|| (= $open_q 0) (= $open_q 1)) (testchar (substr $subarray -1) 8)) [ // beginning/end quotes need to be trimmed from single-list subarrays
+          subarray = (substr $subarray (+ $open_q 1))
+          subarray = (substr $subarray 0 (- (strlen $subarray) 1))
+        ]
       ]
       
-      if (= $arg3 -1) [
+      if (= $marg3 -1) [
         result $subarray
-      ] [ result (at $subarray $arg3) ]
+      ] [ result (at $subarray $marg3) ]
     ]
-  ] [ echo (red)Error: $arg2 is not a subarray of $arg1 ]
+  ] [ echo (red)Error: $marg2 is not a subarray of $marg1 ]
 ]
 // returns a list of all opening bracket "[" positions in an existing mdarray
 MDArray_Get_All_Opening_Bracket_Positions = [
   o_positions = []
-  loop i (strlen $arg1) [
-    if (strcmp (substr $arg1 $i 1) "[") [
-      add2list o_positions $i
+  loop mga (strlen $arg1) [
+    if (strcmp (substr $arg1 $mga 1) "[") [
+      add2list o_positions $mga
     ]
   ]
   if (listlen $o_positions) [