title: Read Block Data in Python?
body: <p>I have a problem reading data file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>///
  * ABC Names
  A-06,B-18,
  * Data
   1.727e-01, 1.258e-01, 2.724e-01, 2.599e-01,-3.266e-01,-9.425e-02,-6.213e-02, 1.479e-01,
   1.219e-01, 1.174e-01, 2.213e-01, 2.875e-01,-2.306e-01,-3.900e-03,-5.269e-02, 7.420e-02,
   2.592e-01, 2.513e-01, 2.242e-01, 2.620e-01,-1.346e-01,-6.844e-02,-4.139e-02, 9.502e-02,
   1.981e-01, 1.937e-01, 2.336e-01, 1.617e-01,-4.240e-02, 2.285e-02, 1.878e-02, 1.064e-01,
   9.562e-02, 6.727e-02, 1.135e-01, 6.765e-02,-7.850e-02, 6.711e-02, 1.317e-02, 8.367e-02, 
  * Starting position
       -.5000E+01
  ///
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code run in Python? I tried using <code>readline()</code>, <code>readlines()</code> functions but no result.</p>