function [city_index, city_name, city_x, city_y] = read_cities()
%
% file:      	read_cities.m, (c) Matthew Roughan, Tue Mar 10 2009
% created: 	Tue Mar 10 2009 
% author:  	Matthew Roughan 
% email:   	matthew.roughan@adelaide.edu.au
% 
% This function reads in the list of Elbonian cities from the file
%      elbonian_city_locations.dat
% It is included primarily as an example of how to read such files easily.
%

filename = 'elbonian_city_locations.dat';
[city_index, city_name, city_x, city_y] = ...
    textread(filename, '%d %s %f %f', 'delimiter', '|', 'commentstyle', 'shell');

