Specci48, my friend you have not angered me or anyone with your comments
I initially wanted to make my calculator work as Erel's example does, in that you write the expression in full and then hit solve and out pops a result.
This is how my Texas Calc does the job, but when I got stuck into writing the code I found that this was a much more complex task than I had first envisaged.
Most of my time is taken up with work, family and life, although I love to learn and attempt new things, therefore I just opted for a very simple (basic) calculator. Most of which was done during meal times at work.
I like the idea of a competition because it allows others (including myself) to see the many different ways there are of approaching a problem. This can only help to improve ones understanding of the language and the 'tricks' of the trade.
Please forgive my poor attempt at the competition but also understand that I only entered for fun and to show that I could also produce something that worked
I have a great deal of respect for everyone on this forum and would love to be able to code half as good as some of them
Regards,
RandomCoder