Short description of Software Techniques Parsing Tool (STPT) 2.0.0: Allows a user to extract (parse) numeric data (tables, lists, numbers) and non-numeric data (words, sentences) from any ASCII (text) file easily and efficiently without the need to program complicated and time-consuming file I/O routines. Uses a generic data parsing model that can be easily adapted for extracting data from both structured and unstructured files. Can be run as a stand-alone executable or called from any ActiveX compliant language.