title: Conversion error in numpy.loadtxt()
body: <p>I am trying to plot two columns from a text file using python matplotlib but I am getting</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 148.000000;</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is my python script</p>
  
  <pre><code>import numpy as np
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  x,y = np.loadtxt('sharma5.txt')
  fig = plt.figure()
  ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
  ax.plot(x,y)
  plt.show()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and here is a part of my text file</p>
  
  <pre><code>36.000000   61.000000
  36.000000   61.000000
  36.000000   148.000000;
  36.000000   60.000000
  36.000000   120.000000
  36.000000   77.000000
  36.000000   160.000000
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance..</p>