I can\'t figure out how to do this with string methods:
In my file I have something like 1.012345e0070.123414e-004-0.1234567891.21423... which means there is no deli
You're looking for string slicing.
>>> x = "1.012345e0070.123414e-004-0.1234567891.21423" >>> x[2:10] '012345e0'