Hi everyone,
There's a particular problem thats been bugging me for quite a while now. I have to read a text file separated by all sorts of tabs and whitespaces. I need to read the strings individually and check values.
How do i remove the whitespaces/tabs and is it possible to compare the strings/values in each line individually ??? Eg: in the sample below, i have to check if value of LOHYST is >= 3. If yes , then print it else move on to the next string. Is it possible ?? Seeking your wisdom
I've attached a section of the file below 
TRHYST  TROFFSETP  TROFFSETN  AWOFFSET  BQOFFSET
 2       0                     5         3

HIHYST  LOHYST  OFFSETP  OFFSETN  BQOFFSETAFR
 5       3       0                 3

CELLR     DIR     CAND   CS
LUC083A   MUTUAL  BOTH   NO

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In reply to Reading tab/whitespace delimited text file by reaper9187

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