Import data into Python from txt file

Question

I have a .txt file with data arranged as follows:

3430 4735 1
3430 4736 1
3430 4941 2
3430 5072 1
3430 5095 1
3430 5230 1
3430 5299 1
3430 5386 1
3430 5552 1
3430 5555 1
3430 5808 1
3430 5853 1
3430 5896 1
3430 5988 1
3430 6190 4
3430 6191 1
3430 6225 1
3430 6296 1

How can I create Python lists from this, one containing the numbers from the first column, and the other containing the numbers from the second column?

Answer 1

Take a look on pandas library, it's very useful for data flow. http://pandas.pydata.org/

Or you can do this directly :

list1 = []
list2 = []
list3 = []
with open('test.txt', 'r') as f:
    content = f.readlines()
    for x in content:
        row = x.split()
        list1.append(int(row[0]))
        list2.append(int(row[1]))
        list3.append(int(row[2]))