[RESOLVED] [2005] Best way to do this simple number addition/substraction

[~*McoreD*~]

Hi,

I am reading lines from a text file.

80+15
90-12
etc.

For each line I am extracting two integers.

From the first line,

CLn will be 80
CLa will be 95

From the second line,

CLn will be 90
CLa will be 78

I got it working like this

arrLine(10).Trim is the dynamic text that can be num1+num2 or num1-num2

Dim cl As String = arrLine(10).Trim
Dim clN As Integer = 0 
Dim clA As Integer = 0 
 
Dim arr As String() = cl.Split("+")
clN = arr(0).Split("-")(0)
clA = clN
 
If arr.Length > 1 Then
    clA = clN +  arr(1)
Else
    arr = cl.Split("-")
    If arr.Length > 1 Then
        clA = clN - arr(1)
    End If
End If
 
Console.WriteLine (cl.ToString & " is " & clN.ToString & " and " & cla.ToString)

I find this "overcomplicating" a simple task and would like to ask how to do it more effectively may be using some .NET functions I am unaware of.

Thanks,
McoreD