Yes I am using the while loop for other purpases

Im afraid its still not working, if i type in "5 * 5" and then print out all array elements i get

element 0 - "5"
element 1 - "file 1 in directory"
element 2 - "file 2 in directory"
element n-1 - "file n in directory"
element n - "5"

Calypso