} // method


        public static int Evaluate(string postfixNotationString)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(postfixNotationString)) throw new ArgumentException("Argument postfixNotationString must not be null, empty or whitespace.", "postfixNotationString");

            Stack<string> stack = new Stack<string>();
            string sanitizedString = new string(postfixNotationString.Where(c => AllowedCharacters.Contains(c)).ToArray());
            List<string> enumerablePostfixTokens = sanitizedString.Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();

            foreach (string token in enumerablePostfixTokens)
            {
                if (token.Length > 0)
                {
                    if (token.Length > 1)
                    {
                        if (!StaticStrings.IsNumeric(token)) throw new Exception("Operators and operands must be separated by a space.");
                        stack.Push(token);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        char tokenChar = token[0];

                        if (StaticStrings.Numbers.Contains(tokenChar))
                        {
                            stack.Push(tokenChar.ToString());
                        }
                        else if (StaticStrings.Operators.Contains(tokenChar))
                        {
                            if (stack.Count < 2) throw new FormatException("The algebraic string has not sufficient values in the expression for the number of operators.");

                            string r = stack.Pop();
                            string l = stack.Pop();

                            int rhs = int.MinValue;
                            int lhs = int.MinValue;

                            bool parseSuccess = int.TryParse(r, out rhs);
                            parseSuccess &= int.TryParse(l, out lhs);
                            parseSuccess &= (rhs != int.MinValue && lhs != int.MinValue);

                            if (!parseSuccess) throw new Exception("Unable to parse valueStack characters to Int32.");

                            int value = int.MinValue;
                            if (tokenChar == '+')
                            {
                                value = lhs + rhs;
                            }
                            else if (tokenChar == '*')
                            {
                                value = lhs * rhs;
                            }

                            if (value != int.MinValue)
                            {
                                stack.Push(value.ToString());
                            }
                            else throw new Exception("Value never got set.");
                        }
                        else throw new Exception(string.Format("Unrecognized character '{0}'.", tokenChar));
                    }
                }
                else throw new Exception("Token length is less than one.");
            }

            if (stack.Count == 1)
            {
                int result = 0;
                if (!int.TryParse(stack.Pop(), out result)) throw new Exception("Last value on stack could not be parsed into an integer.");
                return result;
            }
            else throw new Exception("The input has too many values for the number of operators.");

        } // method
        public static Expression<Func<int>> ExpressionTree(string postfixNotationString)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(postfixNotationString))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Argument postfixNotationString must not be null, empty or whitespace.", "postfixNotationString");
            }

            Stack<Expression> stack = new Stack<Expression>();
            string sanitizedString = new string(postfixNotationString.Where(c => AllowedCharacters.Contains(c)).ToArray());
            List<string> enumerablePostfixTokens = sanitizedString.Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();

            foreach (string token in enumerablePostfixTokens)
            {
                if (token.Length < 1) throw new Exception("Token.Length is less than one.");

                int tokenValue = 0;
                bool parseSuccess = int.TryParse(token, out tokenValue);

                if (token.Length > 1) // Numbers > 10 will have a token length > 1
                {
                    if (!StaticStrings.IsNumeric(token) || !parseSuccess)
                    {
                        throw new Exception("Operators and operands must be separated by a space.");
                    }
                    stack.Push(Expression.Constant(tokenValue));
                }
                else
                {
                    char tokenChar = token[0];

                    if (StaticStrings.Numbers.Contains(tokenChar) && parseSuccess)
                    {
                        stack.Push(Expression.Constant(tokenValue));
                    }
                    else if (StaticStrings.Operators.Contains(tokenChar))
                    {
                        // There must be two operands for the operator to operate on
                        if (stack.Count < 2) throw new FormatException("The algebraic string has not sufficient values in the expression for the number of operators; There must be two operands for the operator to operate on.");

                        Expression left = stack.Pop();
                        Expression right = stack.Pop();
                        Expression operation = null;

                        // ^ token uses Math.Pow, which both gives and takes double, hence convert
                        if (tokenChar == '^')
                        {
                            left = ConvertExpressionType(left, typeof(double));
                            right = ConvertExpressionType(right, typeof(double));

                        }
                        else // Math.Pow returns a double, so we must check here for all other operators
                        {
                            left = ConvertExpressionType(left, typeof(int));
                            right = ConvertExpressionType(right, typeof(int));
                        }

                        switch (tokenChar)
                        {
                            case '+': operation = Expression.AddChecked(left, right); break;
                            case '-': operation = Expression.SubtractChecked(left, right); break;
                            case '*': operation = Expression.MultiplyChecked(left, right); break;
                            case '/': operation = Expression.Divide(left, right); break;
                            case '^': operation = Expression.Power(left, right); break;
                            default: throw new Exception(string.Format("Unrecognized character '{0}'.", tokenChar));
                        }

                        stack.Push(operation);
                    }
                    else throw new Exception(string.Format("Unrecognized character '{0}'.", tokenChar));
                }
            }
            if (stack.Count != 1) throw new Exception("The input has too many values for the number of operators.");

            return Expression.Lambda<Func<int>>(stack.Pop());
        } // method