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dylanhouli

Hey so the ending squares can still be used vertically which is why they're there.

Example:

1 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 9

Here you could use the left side to do 1 + 3 vertically.

For a larger grid to prevent misclicks, try going to settings and changing the "grid size" setting to a larger option.

Hope this helps! Thanks for playing.

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I don't think you understood the issue I'm pointing. I'm saying I pressed "3 + 1 +" due to fat finger. When the input has starting and/or ending operators, remove them before evaluating.

Ah my bad, I see what you're saying now. Adding this to my todos

Only potential problem I can see is if the grid line is for example:

3 + 4 + 3

And they accidentally press "3 + 4 +"

Hard to tell if they meant to press 3+4 or 3+4+3

If they meant to press 3+4+3 and the program auto removes the ending operator and submits it as 3+4, and it's incorrect, that might be more upsetting than having to quickly re-tap the equation they meant to submit

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