function P=readparam(fname, size, precision);
% Syntax: P=readparam(fname, size, precision);
%
% reads parameters from a file.
% fname - name of file
% size - has the same meaning as in fread
% prescision - has the same meaning as in fread

fi=fopen(fname,'r');
P=fread(fi, size, precision);
fclose(fi);