Dawn@4: function [value] = readManyValuesFromFile( statsFileID, metricFileName, metricName, numberOfValuesPerFrame )
Dawn@4: 
Dawn@4: FileID = fopen( metricFileName );
Dawn@4: 
Dawn@4: if( FileID <= 0 ) %does the file exist?
Dawn@4:     % if not
Dawn@4:    message = ['WARNING: MISSING ' metricName ' FILE'];
Dawn@4:    disp( message );
Dawn@4:    fprintf( statsFileID, '\t \s missing', metricName );
Dawn@4: else
Dawn@4:     
Dawn@4:     value = fscanf( FileID, '%f', inf );
Dawn@4:     value = buffer( value, numberOfValuesPerFrame + 1 );     % numberOfValuesPerFrame data  values and one frame number
Dawn@4:     value = value( 2 : numberOfValuesPerFrame+1, : )'; % remove the frame numbers
Dawn@4:     fclose( FileID );
Dawn@4: end