function levelToString() {
    var string="";
    for (var i = 0; i < level.length; i++) {
        for (var j = 0; j < level[i].length; j++) {
            string+=level[i][j].toString();
            if (j!=level[i].length-1) {
                string+=",";
            }
        }
        if (i!=level.length-1) {
            string+="|";
        }
    }
    codeBox.codeText.text=string;
}

function stringToLevel) {
    var mySTR=codeBox.codeText.text;
    var myARR=mySTR.split("|");
    for (var i in myARR) {
        myARR[i]=myARR[i].split(",");
    }
    for (var x in myARR) {
        for (var y in myARR[x]) {
            myARR[x][y]=int(myARR[x][y]);
        }
    }
    level=myARR; // level is the 2DArray

        //places the tiles.

    for (var row:Number = 0; row<level.length; row++) {
        for (var column:Number = 0; column<level[row].length; column++) {
            if (level[row][column]==1) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "ground", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==2) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "bouncy", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==3) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "spike", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==4) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "left", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==5) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "right", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==6) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "start", true, true);
            }
            if (level[row][column]==7) {
                placeTileType(column-1, row-1, "end", true, true);
            }
        }
    }
}