def aget (namepattern,verbose=1):
    """
Loads an array from 2D text files (specified by a UNIX-style wildcard
filename pattern).  ONLY 'GET' FILES WITH EQUAL NUMBERS OF COLUMNS
ON EVERY ROW (otherwise returned array will be zero-dimensional).

Usage:   aget (namepattern)
Returns: an array of integers, floats or objects (type='O'), depending on the
         contents of the files specified by namepattern
"""
    fnames = glob.glob(namepattern)
    if len(fnames) == 0:
        if verbose:
            print 'NO FILENAMES MATCH ('+namepattern+') !!'
            return None
    if verbose:
        print fnames
    elements = []
    for filename in fnames:
        file = open(filename)
        newelements = file.readlines()
        del_list = []
        for row in range(len(newelements)):
            if (newelements[row][0]=='%' or newelements[row][0]=='#'
                or len(newelements[row])==1):
                del_list.append(row)
        del_list.reverse()
        for i in del_list:
            newelements.pop(i)
        newelements = map(string.split,newelements)
        for i in range(len(newelements)):
            for j in range(len(newelements[i])):
                try:
                    newelements[i][j] = string.atof(newelements[i][j])
                except:
                    pass
        elements = elements + newelements
    for row in range(len(elements)):
        if N.add.reduce(N.array(map(isstring,elements[row])))==len(elements[row]):
            print "A row of strings was found.  Returning a LIST."
            return elements
    try:
        elements = N.array(elements)
    except __HOLE__:
        elements = N.array(elements,'O')
    return elements
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