function [dat, lab] = read_bham(filename)

% READ_BHAM reads the EEG data files as recorded by Praamstra in Birmingham
% the datafiles are in a particular ascii format
%
% [dat, lab] = read_bham(filename)

% Copyright (C) 2000, Robert Oostenveld
% 
% This file is part of FieldTrip, see http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org
% for the documentation and details.
%
%    FieldTrip is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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% $Id$

fid = fopen(filename, 'rt');

lablen = 6;
line   = fgetl(fid);
numelc = 0;
while ~isempty(line)
  numelc = numelc + 1;
  [t, r] = strtok(line);
  lab(numelc,:) = [blanks(lablen-length(t)), t];
  line = r;
end

buf = fscanf(fid, '%f');
dat = zeros(numelc, length(buf)/numelc);
dat(:) = buf;

