void parse(string r, double &n, char &recursive)
{
	string search = r;
	string num = "";

	//loop to check the string to "parse" out the number or character
	for(int i = 0; i != search.length(); i++)
	{
		cout << "hi ";
		if(search[i] == '=')
		{
			cout << endl << "hi";
			if(search[i++] == '1' || search[i++] == '2' || search[i++] == '3' || search[i++] == '4' || search[i++] == '5' || search[i++] == '6' || search[i++] == '7' || search[i++] == '8' || search[i++] == '9' || search[i++] == '0')
			{
				for(int x = 0; search[x++] == '0' || search[x++] == '1' || search[x++] == '2' || search[x++] == '3' || search[x++] == '4' || search[x++] == '5' || search[x++] == '6' || search[x++] == '7' || search[x++] == '8' || search[x++] == '9'; x++)
				{
					if(search[i++] == '0')
					{
						num.append("0");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '1')
					{
						num.append("1");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '2')
					{
						num.append("2");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '3')
					{
						num.append("3");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '4')
					{
						num.append("4");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '5')
					{
						num.append("5");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '6')
					{
						num.append("6");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '7')
					{
						num.append("7");
					}
					else if(search[i++] == '8')
					{
						num.append("8");
					}
					else
					{
						num.append("9");
					}
				}
			}
			else if(search[i++] == 'y' || search[i++] == 'Y' || search[i++] == 'n' || search[i++] == 'N')
			{
				if(search[i++] == 'y' || search[i++] == 'Y')
				{
					recursive = 'y';
				}
				else
				{
					recursive = 'n';
				}
			}
		}
	}
	n = atoi(num.c_str());
}