I guess, your textfile seems to contain only one (or several) line
with floats.
A better way could be :

yes , the textfiles were saved through array
the data was originally a space delimited list of floats sent from javascript->JAVA->TCP->FUDI->[array set]
then saved by the [write filename( message to [define array arrayname]


 
[read filename, rewind, bang(
|
[textfile]
|
[t l l]
|     |
|     [list length]
|     |
|     [array size arrayname]
|
[array set arrayname]

Dont forget [array define arrayname] somewhere in your patch.

 
That is simpler.

a note : if you use [array], you could use [text] instead [textfile].
++

Jack





Thanks
I could use [text] instead I guess.
Does it auto resize?

It seems I haven't had any trouble with textfile or text resizing when reading from file.