def _find_start_entry(line, n):
 infield = 0
 if (n == 1):
  return 0
 c = 1
 leng = len(line)
 if (line[0] == ' '):
  infield = 0
  field = 0
 else:
  infield = 1
  field = 1
 while ((c < leng) and (field < n)):
  if infield:
   if ((line[c] == ' ') and (not (line[(c - 1)] == ' '))):
    infield = 0
   elif (not (line[c] == ' ')):
    infield = 1
    field = (field + 1)
  c = (c + 1)
 return (c - 1)

def _find_start_entry ( line , n ) : infield = 0 if ( n == 1 ) : return 0 c = 1 leng = len ( line ) if ( line [ 0 ] == ' ' ) : infield = 0 field = 0 else : infield = 1 field = 1 while ( ( c < leng ) and ( field < n ) ) : if infield : if ( ( line [ c ] == ' ' ) and ( not ( line [ ( c - 1 ) ] == ' ' ) ) ) : infield = 0 elif ( not ( line [ c ] == ' ' ) ) : infield = 1 field = ( field + 1 ) c = ( c + 1 ) return ( c - 1 )
find the starting character for entry n in a space delimited line .