diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
index 21b9aca355..384e2cb259 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/groups/IndexedList.java
@@ -334,6 +334,19 @@ public int getIndex(long hashcode, int order) {
         public int[] getIndices(long hashcode, int... indices) {
             int[] ret = new int[indices.length];
             for (int i=0; i<ret.length; i++)
+                ret[i] = getIndex(hashcode, indices[i]);
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Retrieves an array of the indices.
+         * @param hashcode
+         * @param nindices
+         * @return 
+         */
+        public int[] getIndices(long hashcode, int nindices) {
+            int[] ret = new int[nindices];
+            for (int i=0; i<nindices; i++)
                 ret[i] = getIndex(hashcode, i);
             return ret;
         }