code: public List<Double> parse(String values) {
          List<Double> inputValues = new ArrayList<Double>();
          if (!(values.isEmpty() || values.charAt(0) == '#')) {
              StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(values);
              while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                  inputValues.add(Op.toDouble(tokenizer.nextToken()));
              }
          }
          return inputValues;
      }
docs: Parses the string into a list of values unless the string starts with `#`
  
  @param values is a space-separated set of values
  @return a vector of values