function/wave WDfunc_txt_myTextParser(string filePath)
	int fileID, eCount=0
	string read=""
	Open/Z/R fileID as filePath
	if (V_flag)
		return $""					// failed to open => return nothing
	endif
	FReadLine fileID, read			// read the first line
	Close fileID
	
	string parse = read, isE
	do								// count the number of 'e' in the first line
		SplitString/E=("([eE]+)(.*)") parse, isE, parse
		eCount += strlen(isE)
	while(strlen(read))
	
	// ----- write output -----
	
	Make/Free/T/N=(4,2) info		// 2-col text wave
	info[][0]  = {"tag", "first line", "no. of 'e'", "comments"}	// column titles
	
	info[0][1] = ParseFilePath(3, filePath, ":", 0, 0)				// tag identifies the data => use file name here (could be some other ID)
	info[1][1] = read				// content of the first line
	info[2][1] = num2str(eCount)	// no of 'e' in first line
	info[3][1] = ""					// always empty => comments are entered by the user
	
	return info
end