Actually, Kevin was right. The existing spec only needed to solve one math operation. That is the column would contain either + or - or X or /

So I actually did more than needed by causing the function to process multiple operators from left to right. It is my understanding that there will never be more than one math operation in a column for my customer.

Like I stated before, I appreciate the posts that give useful ways to improve the code. I agree that the people reading this article are intelligent. I guess what bothers me sometimes in when intelligent people are motivated by trying to show others how smart they are. Presenting an improvement to the code speaks for itself. Degrading comments are not necessary.

Thanks for your post.

Ben