Thanks a lot for helping me
As i said earlier, the above code is only a section of the entire file. There are multiple such sections 

SCTYPE   SSDESDL  QDESDL  LCOMPDL  QCOMPDL
UL        90      30        5       55

         BSPWRMINP  BSPWRMINN
                    20

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CELL       SCTYPE
LWACH1A

ACTIVE     CHTYPE   CHRATE   SPV   LVA    ACL   NCH
YES        BCCH                       1   A3      1
           SDCCH                      0   A3     15
           TCH      FR       1        0   A3     13
           TCH      FR       2        0   A3     13
           TCH      FR       3        0   A3     13
           TCH      HR       1        0   A3     26
           TCH      HR       3        0   A3     26
           CBCH                       0   A3      1

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CELL     LOL  LOLHYST  TAOL  TAOLHYST
LUC082A  120   3       61     0

DTCBP  DTCBN  DTCBHYST  NDIST  NNCELLS
 4             2        10     1

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ACTIVE     CHTYPE   CHRATE   SPV   LVA    ACL   NCH
YES        BCCH                       0   A3      0
           SDCCH                      0   A3      0
           TCH      FR       1       16   A3     32
           TCH      FR       2        0   A3     32

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Again the file is pretty large and i cannot mention all of the formats. Just need to get an idea on how to do it. I can then extend it over the entire file

In reply to Re^2: Reading tab/whitespace delimited text file by reaper9187
in thread Reading tab/whitespace delimited text file by reaper9187

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