Tom,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>My aim is to clean up the code so I can easily and safely add new functionality. Extracting the output string like this takes a step in that direction.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>From the lessons I've learnt while developing software, I would highly recommend this change. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ">This change would make the application more cohesive. 
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_%28computer_science%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_%28computer_science%29</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Xin</span></font></div>