diff --git a/Attribute.h b/Attribute.h
index c38f0df..fb3fd48 100755
--- a/Attribute.h
+++ b/Attribute.h
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ public:
 		size++;
 	}
 	
+	string getElementAt(int pos)
+	{
+		return values[pos];
+	}
+	
 	vector<string> getValues() { return values; }
 	string getName(){ return name; }
 	string getType(){ return type; }
diff --git a/OUTPUT.txt b/OUTPUT.txt
index 526f77f..c79684b 100755
--- a/OUTPUT.txt
+++ b/OUTPUT.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ To create a table:
 
 	engine.createTable("table1", vec);
 
+
 This creates a Relation object with the appropriate Attribute objects. It displays nothing.
 
 To display the table:
 
 	engine.showTables(engine.getTableFromName("table1"));
 
+
 This results in such output:
 
 	Display of relation--------------------------------
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ This results in such output:
 	Attribute name: age
 	Elements: 22      5      22      50      
 
+
 With table3 having an equal domain to table1, this:
 
 	cout << engine.unionComp(engine.getTableFromName("table1"), engine.getTableFromName("table3"));
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ This will display:
 
 	1
 
+
 To project a table's column:
 	
 	engine.project((engine.getTableFromName("table1")), "name");
@@ -43,3 +47,22 @@ This will display:
 	Leela
 	Zoidberg
 
+
+With an arbitrary vector of strings as cmds (until we are able to parse effectively):
+
+	engine.saveToFile(cmds);
+
+
+This will result in a text file with the contents:
+
+	CREATE TABLE animals (name VARCHAR(20), kind VARCHAR(8), years INTEGER) PRIMARY KEY (name, kind);
+	
+SHOW animals;
+
+//insert
+
+//delete
+
+//select
+
+//product
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Relation.h b/Relation.h
index 40084c8..f8e7a49 100755
--- a/Relation.h
+++ b/Relation.h
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 	
+	vector<int> findTuple(string attributeType, string type)
+	{
+		vector<int> tupleSlot;	// tuples that have the attribute in question
+		for (int i = 0; i < att.size(); ++i)// find attribute in question 
+		{
+			if(att[i].getName() == attributeType)
+			{
+				for (int j = 0; j < att[i].getSize(); ++j)//search through all the values of the attribute column
+				{
+					if (att[i].getElementAt(j) == type)
+					{
+						tupleSlot.push_back(j);
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+		}
+		return tupleSlot;
+	}
+	
 	string getTableName() {
 		return name;
 	}
diff --git a/a.out b/a.out
index eb1cbf7..6c65e5b 100755
Binary files a/a.out and b/a.out differ
diff --git a/savefile.txt b/savefile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5ca19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/savefile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CREATE TABLE animals (name VARCHAR(20), kind VARCHAR(8), years INTEGER) PRIMARY KEY (name, kind);
+SHOW animals;
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 3e02259..1b99116 100755
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -72,5 +72,7 @@ int main() {
 	
 	vector<string> cmds;
 	cmds.push_back("CREATE TABLE animals (name VARCHAR(20), kind VARCHAR(8), years INTEGER) PRIMARY KEY (name, kind);");
-	cmds.push_back("SHOW animals");
+	cmds.push_back("SHOW animals;");
+	
+	engine.saveToFile(cmds);
 }