Python 3.6 Extract Floating Point Data from a Text File

[Stephen P. Molnar]

I am using the Spyder v-3.1.2 IDE and porting a FORTRAN program that I wrote about 20 years ago to Python  Unfortunately, I am very much a novice in Python .

I would have managed to extract input data from another calculation (not a Python program) into the following text file.

LOEWDIN ATOMIC CHARGES
 ----------------------
    0 C :   -0.780631
    1 H :    0.114577
    2 Br:    0.309802
    3 Cl:    0.357316
    4 F :   -0.001065

What I need to do is extract the floating point numbers into a Python file.

Googling the problem has not resulted on any insight as to the solution, and any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.