Fix bug #1656

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/_iotools.py b/numpy/lib/_iotools.py
index 451f0f610..8a0697d58 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/_iotools.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/_iotools.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class LineSplitter:
         return line.split(self.delimiter)
     #
     def _fixedwidth_splitter(self, line):
-        line = line.split(self.comments)[0]
+        line = line.split(self.comments)[0].strip(asbytes("\r\n"))
         if not line:
             return []
         fixed = self.delimiter
diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
index 1f4ed0a01..81e15119b 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
@@ -769,6 +769,13 @@ M   33  21.99
                             [ 6., 7., 8., 9., 10.]])
         assert_equal(test, control)
 
+    def test_integer_delimiter(self):
+        "Test using an integer for delimiter"
+        data = "  1  2  3\n  4  5 67\n890123  4"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(StringIO(data), delimiter=3)
+        control = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 67], [890, 123, 4]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
 
     def test_missing(self):
         data = StringIO('1,2,3,,5\n')