readFloatsFile.py

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def readFloatsFile(filename):
	"Read a 2D array of floats from a given file"
	with open(filename) as f:
		# Space separate numbers, one time step per line, each column is a variable
		array = []
		for line in f:
			# read all lines
			if (line.startswith("%") or line.startswith("#")):
				# Assume this is a comment line
				continue
			if (len(line.split()) == 0):
				# Line is empty
				continue
			array.append([float(x) for x in line.split()])
		return array