Question

I am parsing a text file that looks something like this:

a1 a2 a3               b1 b2 b3
a1                     b1 b2
a1 a2                  b1

Basically what I want to end up with is each column in its own string. I’m pretty sure there is an obvious answer to this but I think I’ve been staring at the screen too long….

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is the second time this has happened to me in the last couple of days. I’ve managed to solve my own problem…

The text layout is effectively fixed – the “second half” of the line always starts at character 31 and so you can simply split at that point and then parse each side individually.

Thanks all for answering!