data_separator = ' '
column_separator = '    '
for line in readfile.readlines():
    line = line.rstrip('\n')
print(line)
columns = line.split(column_separator)
for column in columns:
    if not column:
        continue
column1.append(column.split(data_separator)[0])
column2.append(column.split(data_separator)[1])
readfile.close()
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