title: How can I split out individual column values from each line in a text file?
body: <p>I have lines in an ASCII text file that I need to parse.
  The columns are separated by a variable number of spaces, for instance:</p>
  
  <pre><code>column1 column2     column3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How would i split this line to return an array of only the values?</p>
  
  <p>thanks</p>