"You could also use the csv module
import csv
myfileobj = open("myfiletab.txt","read")
csv_read = csv.reader(myfileobj,dialect=csv.excel_tab)
myval1 = []
myval2 = []
myval3 = []
for line in csv_read:
# filter header and stuff using some criterion
if len(line) = 3:
myval1.append(line[0])
myval2.append(line[1])
myval3.append(line[2])"
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