txt. file to 2d array

[falloutfan]

So I have this file called data.txt It looks like this:
Deaths Doctors Hosp Income Population
8.00 78 284 9.10 109
9.30 68 433 8.70 144
7.50 70 739 7.20 113
but it has significantly more lines of data. I need to write a program that reads this data into arrays. It must implement the a function that takes as input an array and array size and returns the mean value. Please point me in the correct direction, I'm so lost.

[Thomas1965]

Do you know how many lines of data the file contains?
Lets say 100 lines of data.

First you need to declare the arrays - one for each topic.

#define NUM_ENTRIES  100

float DeathNumbers[NUM_ENTRIES];

The same for Doctors, Hosp etc.

Next step you open the file and read the data.

Then you need to write a function that calculates the mean value of an array.

Finally you need to output the results.

[falloutfan]

Can you explain the steps for putting the file into the array. I can do the rest, but I'm stuck on that part specifically.