void IngestStrings(String filePath, ArrayList theList){
  
  String[] strIn = loadStrings(filePath);

  String ID = "";
  String Title = "";
  int Accum_Start_Date = 0;
  int Accum_End_Date = 0;
  int Cont_Start_Date = 0;
  int Cont_End_Date = 0;
  int Items = 0;
  float Metres = 0;


  for (int s=0; s<strIn.length; s++){
    String[] splitRow = split(strIn[s],"|");
    ID = splitRow[0];
    Title = splitRow[1];
    Accum_Start_Date = int(splitRow[2]);
    Accum_End_Date = int(splitRow[3]); 
    Cont_Start_Date = int(splitRow[4]);
    Cont_End_Date = int(splitRow[5]); 
    Items = int(splitRow[6]);
    Metres = float(splitRow[7]);
    Series newSeries = new Series(ID, Title, Cont_Start_Date, Cont_End_Date, Accum_Start_Date, Accum_End_Date, Items, Metres, theList);   
  }
}