code: def identify_col_pos(txt):
  	
  	res = []
  	#res.append(0)
  	lines = txt.split('\n')
  	prev_ch = ''
  	for col_pos, ch in enumerate(lines[0]):
  		if _is_white_space(ch) is False and _is_white_space(prev_ch) is True:
  			res.append(col_pos)
  		prev_ch = ch
  	res.append(col_pos)
  	return res
docs: assume no delimiter in this file, so guess the best
  	fixed column widths to split by