Hi there. I have a probably relatively simple task to undertake and I was wondering what the best way to tackle it might be.
I have a text file that looks something like this. 
123.7 456.7
564.7 234.9

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etc
I want to be able to bin this data .. for example 
123-124 456-457 3

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So, if the value of x is between 123 and 124 and value of y is between 456 and 457 increment the count by so. So, in in this example case, there would be three such incidences in the text file.
I thought about tackling this using a couple of for loops but not quite sure how to proceed. Any general hints or suggestions would be much appreciated.

In reply to placing values into bins by Anonymous Monk

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