Large Ascii Files and "textread.m"

[Michael Barton]

I'm reading a large ascii file.  I want to read entire lines of the file and
store them as strings.  Also, I need to be able to reference back in order
to read following lines.  Hopefully, this example can demonstrate what I'm
trying to do.

MyAsciiFile.txt
This is the 1st line of the file.
This is the 2nd line of the file.
This is the 3rd line of the file.

I/O CODE:
MyFileID = fopen("MyAsciiFile.txt", "r");
StringLine1 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);
StringLine2 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);
StringLine3 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);

IN OCTAVE MEMORY:
StringLine1 = "This is the 1st line of the file."
StringLine2 = "This is the 2nd line of the file."
StringLine3 = "This is the 3rd line of the file."

>From sources online, the "textread" should accomplish this.  When I run "doc
textread", Octave finds no entries. I'm using version 3.0.1 on XP with out
cygwin.  Any suggestions?
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