# Convert calculation string to multiple lines **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-calculation-string-to-multiple-lines/242678 "2007-10-29T13:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arckodrazen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@arckodrazen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arckodrazen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-calculation-string-to-multiple-lines/242678/1 "2007-10-29T13:18:17Z")
Hey guys I’m having an algorithm that solves a target value by using 6 numbers (cfr: The Count Game: user picks 6 numbers, a target value is calculated, user has to find this target by using the 6 numbers and the results of yet calculated rows). ie: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 target: 14 my solution: 4 + 6 = 10 3 + 1 = 4 10 + 4 = 14 Ok, now that I explained this i’ll tell you what my problem is. I found a class that solves this calculation by itself (if user wants to see the solution), but it has this form: (((((9+8)\*5)-4)+1)\*3) = 246 or ((((9+8)_5)-4)_(3-1)) = 162 how do i break this up to (only for second calulation): 9 + 8 = 17 17 \* 5 = 85 85 - 4 = 81 3 - 1 = 2 81 \* 2 = 162 Do I need to user regular expressions? Or Substrings? Are there regex in (maybe other languages) that solve this? Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance Arcko Drazen