function ReadCodeMeth(CodeFile)
// read code/decode method and their parameters
if nargin<1
    CodeFile = 'code.ini';
end
global RealDecodeMeth;
global RealSelectMeths;
global RealXoverMeths;
global RealMutateMeths;
global BinDecodeMeth;
global BinSelectMeths;
global BinXoverMeths;
global BinMutateMeths;
global GrayDecodeMeth;
global GraySelectMeths;
global GrayXoverMeths;
global GrayMutateMeths;
global OrderDecodeMeth;
global OrderSelectMeths;
global OrderXoverMeths;
global OrderMutateMeths;

global AdjRealSelectMeths;
global AdjRealXoverMeths;
global AdjRealMutateMeths;
global AdjBinSelectMeths;
global AdjBinXoverMeths;
global AdjBinMutateMeths;
global AdjGraySelectMeths;
global AdjGrayXoverMeths;
global AdjGrayMutateMeths;
global AdjOrderSelectMeths;
global AdjOrderXoverMeths;
global AdjOrderMutateMeths;

global RealFitScalingMeths;
global RealClusterNicheMeths;
global RealShareNicheMeths;
global BinFitScalingMeths;
global BinClusterNicheMeths;
global BinShareNicheMeths;
global GrayFitScalingMeths;
global GrayClusterNicheMeths;
global GrayShareNicheMeths;
global OrderFitScalingMeths;
global OrderClusterNicheMeths;
global OrderShareNicheMeths;


RealDecodeMeth=list();
RealSelectMeths=list();
RealXoverMeths=list();
RealMutateMeths=list();
BinDecodeMeth=list();
BinSelectMeths=list();
BinXoverMeths=list();
BinMutateMeths=list();
GrayDecodeMeth=list();
GraySelectMeths=list();
GrayXoverMeths=list();
GrayMutateMeths=list();
OrderDecodeMeth=list();
OrderSelectMeths=list();
OrderXoverMeths=list();
OrderMutateMeths=list();

AdjRealSelectMeths=list();
AdjRealXoverMeths=list();
AdjRealMutateMeths=list();
AdjBinSelectMeths=list();
AdjBinXoverMeths=list();
AdjBinMutateMeths=list();
AdjGraySelectMeths=list();
AdjGrayXoverMeths=list();
AdjGrayMutateMeths=list();
AdjOrderSelectMeths=list();
AdjOrderXoverMeths=list();
AdjOrderMutateMeths=list();

RealFitScalingMeths=list();
RealClusterNicheMeths=list();
RealShareNicheMeths=list();
BinFitScalingMeths=list();
BinClusterNicheMeths=list();
BinShareNicheMeths=list();
GrayFitScalingMeths=list();
GrayClusterNicheMeths=list();
GrayShareNicheMeths=list();
OrderFitScalingMeths=list();
OrderClusterNicheMeths=list();
OrderShareNicheMeths=list();

fid= fopen(CodeFile, 'r');
while 1
    if feof(fid) then
    	break
    end
    tline = stripblanks(fgetl(fid));
    select tline
    case 'Decode:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealDecodeMeth=c(2,:);
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinDecodeMeth=c(2,:);
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayDecodeMeth=c(2,:);
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Order')) then
                OrderDecodeMeth=c(2,:);
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'Select:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GraySelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GraySelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'Crossover:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GrayXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'Mutation:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GrayMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'AdjSelect:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                AdjRealSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjBinSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjGraySelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjOrderSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                AdjRealSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                AdjBinSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                AdjGraySelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                AdjOrderSelectMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'AdjCrossover:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                AdjRealXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjBinXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjGrayXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjOrderXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                AdjRealXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                AdjBinXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                AdjGrayXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                AdjOrderXoverMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'AdjMutation:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                AdjRealMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjBinMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjGrayMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                AdjOrderMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                AdjRealMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                AdjBinMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                AdjGrayMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                AdjOrderMutateMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'FitScaling:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GrayFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderFitScalingMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'ClusterNiche:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GrayClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderClusterNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    case 'ShareNiche:' then
        tline = fgetl(fid);
        while ~strcmp(stripblanks(tline), 'end')
            c = parse(tline);
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'All')) then
                RealShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                BinShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                GrayShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
                OrderShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Real')) then
                RealShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Binary')) then
                BinShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(stripblanks(c(1,:)),'Gray')) then
                GrayShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            if (strcmp(c(1,:),'Order')) then
                OrderShareNicheMeths(0) = list(c(2,:),c(3,:));
            end
            tline = fgetl(fid);
        end
    else 
        disp('Error: unrecognizable symbol!');
        break;
    end
        
    //disp(tline)
end
fclose(fid);