global proc string[] readArrayFile (string $fileName){
 string $outPut[];
 int $index;
  //populate an array with the text from a file line by line
  $fileId=`fopen $fileName "r"`;
  string $nextLine = `fgetline $fileId`;
  while ( size( $nextLine ) > 0 ) {
 	 $outPut[$index]= $nextLine;
 	 $index++;
   $nextLine = `fgetline $fileId`;
  }
  fclose $fileId;
 return $outPut;
}///