title: how to populate array with data from file in python
body: <p>I have a FILE.txt with several columns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A    12    13.9
  B    51    55.4
  C    20    22.1
  D    89    96.8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to read them and to populate an array for each column, in order to get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>array LETTERS = [A, B, C, D]
  array FIRST = [12, 51, 20, 89]
  array SECOND = [13.9, 55.4, 22.1, 96.8]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do that in Python?</p>