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  • This works fine on my actual data as long as I add the decimal points into the script. Thanks! Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 14:38
  • @Asfound Ok, I edited my answer to also support decimal points. Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 14:43
  • Hang on, this will fail if there is a negative value as the last (odd) field. Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 14:47
  • @terdon It fails if there are an odd number of columns, yes. But there are either exactly 6 columns, or "inifinitely many", and "infinitely many" is not an odd number. :) Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 14:50
  • The OP said that there can be "up to 40 columns" :( Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 14:51