private static int elementNumber(String element) { //locates the element in elementStringArray and
		for (int x = 0; x <= elementStringArray.length -1; x++) { //returns the string's int / 
			if (elementStringArray[x].equalsIgnoreCase(element)) { //the location of the string in the
				return x; //array
			}
		}
		return -2; //if not in there it returns -2
	}