docs: def getElement(self, attri, fname, numtype='cycNum'):
          '''
          In this method instead of getting a particular column of data,
          the program gets a particular row of data for a particular
          element name.
  
          attri : string
              The name of the attribute we are looking for. A complete
              list of them can be obtained by calling
  
              >>> get('element_name')
          fname : string
              The name of the file we are getting the data from or the
              cycle number found in the filename.
          numtype : string, optional
              Determines whether fname is the name of a file or, the
              cycle number.  If it is 'file' it will then  interpret it as
              a file, if it is 'cycNum' it will then  interpret it as a
              cycle number.  The default is "cycNum".
  
          Returns
          -------
          array
              A numpy array of the four element attributes, number, Z, A
              and abundance, in that order.
  
          Notes
          -----
          Warning
          '''
          element=[] #Variable for holding the list of element names
          number=[]  #Variable for holding the array of numbers
          z=[]       #Variable for holding the array of z
          a=[]       #Variable for holding the array of a
          abd=[]     #Variable for holding the array of Abundance
          data=[]    #variable for the final list of data
  
          fname=self.findFile(fname,numtype)
          f=open(fname,'r')
          for i in range(self.index+1):
              f.readline()
          lines=f.readlines()
          for i in range(len(lines)):
              lines[i]=lines[i].strip()
              lines[i]=lines[i].split()
          index=0
          data=[]
  
          while index < len (self.dcols):
              if attri== self.dcols[index]:
                  break
              index+=1
  
          element=self.get(self.dcols[5],fname,numtype)
          number=[]
          z=[]
          a=[]
          isom=[]
          abd=[]
          for i in range(len(lines)):
              number.append(int(lines[i][0]))
              z.append(float(lines[i][1]))
              isom.append(float(lines[i][2]))
              abd.append(float(lines[i][1]))
          index=0 #Variable for determing the index in the data columns
  
  
          while index < len(element):
              if attri == element[index]:
                  break
  
              index+=1
  
          data.append(number[index])
          data.append(z[index])
          data.append(a[index])
          data.append(isom[index])
          data.append(abd[index])
  
          return array(data)