load txt file with space, +, * separator

[Ben Abbott]

On Dec 31, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Jean-Marie Bonnaz wrote:

> Thank you for your answers yesterday. Load help me to read files  
> where separator is space.
>
> For the moment I'd like to read the joined file in Octave.  
> Separators are *, space, +.
> It is a data files. I optain it with a topographical apparatus.
>
> After * (1st column) it is raw number, after + (2nd column) it is  
> point number. After space it is a code and son on. Separatores are *,+
>  and space.

Jean-Marie,

Do you have a description of the file format?

If not, perhaps someone can find one. What was the topographical  
appartus that produced the file?

Ben