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%Victor Chavarrias (victor.chavarrias@deltares.nl)
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function ascii_out=read_ascii(path_ascii)

fileID_in=fopen(path_ascii,'r');
net_in=textscan(fileID_in,'%s','delimiter','\r\n','whitespace','');
fclose(fileID_in);

ascii_out=net_in{1,1};

end %function