Currently the file looks like this : Current file: 


0. 1 1 7 2 2 9 4 6 8 10 2
1. 10 1 6 3 4 9
2. 5 8 59 77 81 3
3. 16 17 19 23 3

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Desired output: 

0. 1 2 - 4 - 6 8 9 10 - -  -  -  -  -
0. 1 2 - - - - - - -  - -  -  -  -  -
0. - 2 - - - - - - -  -  - -  -  -  -
0. - 2 - - - - - - -  -  - -  -  -  -
1. 1 - 3 4 - 6 - 9 10 - -  -  -  -  -
2. - - 3 - 5 - 8 -  - - - -  -59 77 81
3. - - 3 - - - - -  - 17 19 23 - -  -

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PS: the numbers eg 1 2 3 77 81 etc could have letters in them eg 1s 2w1 3_f 77_gg 81_str7 The are about 700 columns and 4000 rows of indices. PS: the first column is an index of the entries. the numbers/entries eg 1 2 3 77 81 etc could have letters and hyphens in them eg 1s 2w1 3_f 77_gg 81_str7 etc.

In reply to Writing data into columns by $new_guy

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