asciiread

This function is used to read in files that contain ascii representations of basic data types.

Synopsis

	function asciiread( 
		filepath[1]:string,
		dimensions[*]:integer,
		datatype[1]:string
	)

Arguments

filepath: Path needed to locate ascii file.
dimensions: An array specifying the dimensions of the data to be read.
datatype: A string representing the type of the data being read.

Description

The asciiread function is used to read in ascii data. For numeric types, all other characters are ignored and the numbers are read in the order they appear in the input file. For string data, each line of the file is read as a string. For character data, the file is read byte-by-byte.

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