In <mailman.191.1313697016.27778.python-l...@python.org> Matt Funk <matze...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1.002000e+01 2.037000e+01 2.128000e+01 1.908000e+01 1.871000e+01 1.914000e+01 > instance_linetype_pattern_str = '([-+]?(\d+(\.\d*)?|\.\d+)([eE][-+]?\d+)?) > {32}' > instance_linetype_pattern = re.compile(instance_linetype_pattern_str) Does your regexp account for the space in between each float? I can't tell due to your post having a linebreak at a really inconvenient spot. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list