title: Separate a string by a wildcard in python
body: <p>I have a file that looks like</p>
  
  <pre><code> 12 MG   -5.000000000000E-01 -5.000000000000E-01  0.000000000000E+00
   16 S     1.558454815345E-01  1.558454815345E-01  2.500000000000E-01
    8 O     2.189546044408E-01 -1.271822846411E-01  4.012978695812E-01
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to separate out the numbers from the front of the line, with an output of</p>
  
  <pre><code>MG   -5.000000000000E-01 -5.000000000000E-01  0.000000000000E+00
  S     1.558454815345E-01  1.558454815345E-01  2.500000000000E-01
  O     2.189546044408E-01 -1.271822846411E-01  4.012978695812E-01
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have this</p>
  
  <pre><code>for line in file:
      head, sep, tail = line.partition('wildcard')
      print tail
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What should I put in for the wildcard?</p>