Use the csv
module:
import csv
with open("test.csv", "r") as f:
reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter="\t")
for i, line in enumerate(reader):
print 'line[{}] = {}'.format(i, line)
Output:
line[0] = ['Year:', 'Dec:', 'Jan:']
line[1] = ['1', '50', '60']
line[2] = ['2', '25', '50']
line[3] = ['3', '30', '30']
line[4] = ['4', '40', '20']
line[5] = ['5', '10', '10']