line1 = line1.lstrip(boneNumber)

		line1 = line1.split(" ")
		print (line1[0])

		counterValues = 0  #going to go to 5
		dLine1 = []
		while (counterValues < 6):
			dLine1.append(Decimal(line1[counterValues]))
			counterValues = counterValues + 1
		counterValues = 0
		alternater = 0
		print (boneNumber + str(dLine1[0]) + " " + str(dLine1[1]) + " " + str(dLine1[2]) + " " + str(dLine1[3]) + " " + str(dLine1[4]) + " " + str(dLine1[5]))

boneNumber is " 17 "


here is outpoot from problem bit:
6.352535
 17 6.352535 23.644129 -45.434761 -1.029105 -0.303331 -0.246548

but that should be  17 16.352535 23.644129 -45.434761 -1.029105 -0.303331 -0.246548, why it remove ze 1?