anchor.diff:         | [] -> acc
      loop list 1.0
   
  -let num2 = string |> Seq.skip 3 |> Seq.take 5 |> Seq.map Char.GetNumericValue |> Seq.toList
  -let test1 = multiply num2
  +//let num2 = string |> Seq.skip 3 |> Seq.take 5 |> Seq.map Char.GetNumericValue |> Seq.toList
  +//let test1 = multiply num2
  +
  +//taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20308875/remove-characters-from-string-in-f
  +let stripv3 (stripChars:string) (text:string) =
  +    text.Split(stripChars.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) |> String.Concat
  +
  +let stripChars = ""
  +let stringStrip = stripv3 stripChars string
  +let lenght2 = String.length stringStrip
   
   let rec getMaxSeq (strAll:string, minNum:int, takeNum:int, accMax:float) =
       let current = strAll |> Seq.skip minNum |> Seq.take takeNum |> Seq.map Char.GetNumericValue |> Seq.toList
       let currentVal = multiply current
  -    if minNum > 3 then accMax
  +    printfn "%f" accMax
  +    if minNum > (1000-minNum) then accMax
       else
          if
             currentVal > accMax then
  
positive.code: 
  module Problem8 = type T = X
  
  let string = "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934"
  
  let multiply list =
     let rec loop list acc =
  
negative.code:        else
            getMaxSeq(strAll,minNum+1,takeNum,accMax)
  
  let example = getMaxSeq(stringStrip,0,4,0.0) //test case from example -> 9 × 9 × 8 × 9 = 5832
  let solution = getMaxSeq(stringStrip,0,13,0.0) // 
  //23514624000
  
  