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Read ASCII: Time Series Data

    The file:
    Time    Temp  Salinity
    297.5   22.4   34.5
    298.0   23.1   34.2
    .
    .
    etc.

    ; read in the data
    data = asciiread("file",(/30,3/),"float")

    ; partition data into appropriate arrays
    time = data(:,0)
    temp = data(:,1)
    sal  = data(:,2)