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3.2e-6&lt;br&gt;1.0 2.8e10&lt;br&gt;2.0 4.1e5&lt;br&gt;3.0 3.3&nbsp;<\/pre>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;provided on the documentation page of readdata results in:&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<pre>M=readdata(\"testfile.txt\");&lt;br&gt;?M;&lt;br&gt;result:&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;0 &nbsp;3 &nbsp;&lt;br&gt;1 &nbsp;2 &nbsp;&lt;br&gt;2 &nbsp;4 &nbsp;&lt;br&gt;3 &nbsp;3<\/pre>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m hoping someone could verify the issue (and I hope Ansys will fix the command ASAP).&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-392113","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fdtd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I believe the readdata script command is not working properly, or more precily, cannot read decimals and scientific notation.For instance using the example testfile.txt:Time Value0.0 3.2e-61.0 2.8e102.0 4.1e53.0 3.3 provided on the documentation page of readdata results 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