function removeWord(number)
  number = tonumber(number)

  local file = io.open(data_get, "r")
	local text = file:read("*all")
  local pos = 0
  -- move to line
  for i=1, number do
    local npos = string.find(text,"\n",pos+1)
	  if npos == nil then
	   print("last line")
     break
	 end
	  pos = npos
	end

  -- get before
  file:seek("set",0)
  local before = file:read(pos-1)
  file:seek("set",pos)

  -- move to things to modify
  pos = string.find(text,"\n",pos+1)
  file:seek("set",pos)

  -- find next section
  local next_section = string.find(text,"\"",pos+1) or file:seek("end")
  file:seek("set",pos)

  local length = next_section-pos

  -- get after
  file:seek("set",pos)
  local after = file:read("*all") or ""

  -- done w file
	file:close()

  -- get word going to be removed
  local results_table = {}
  if words[number] then
		table.insert(results_table,{number,words[number]})
	end
	results_table = adjustTableSizes(results_table)
	print("\nare you sure you want to remove the following entry? (y/N)")
  printOutputTable(results_table,true)
  print("")
  local delete = string.lower(io.read())
  if delete == "y"
  or delete == "ye"
  or delete == "yes"
  then
    delete = true
  else
    delete = false
  end
  --[[
  print("Before")
  print(text)

  print("After:")
  print(before)
  print(after)
  ]]
  if delete then
  --rewrite with new info
  	local file = io.open(data_output, "w+")
  	file:write(before)
  	file:write("\n")
  	file:write(after)
  	file:close()
    print("\nentry was deleted.\n")
  else
    print("\nentry was not deleted.\n")
  end
end