Oops, sorry. I'd like help with getting the columns.
Using C++, you can use getline() and strtok(), or filehandle >> variable.
If you want to get them as strings, I'd say use getline() and strok, you can pull the whole thing apart right there, if your'e looking to pull in floats, you might consider the 'filehandle >> float_variable' way (and just ignore the first number - cin 2x: filehandle >> ignore_var >> float_var or something like that).