 Usage:  {data, type} = readascii (filename, separator {, check})  
 
 Input:

  filename               string with the name of the file to be read 
                         
  separator              string with field separators 
                         
  check                  determine type (default 1) 
                         
 Output:

  data                   n x 1 string(!) vector 
                         
  type                   n x 1 numeric vector 
                         
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