def parse_table_data(lines):
    """"Parse list of lines from SOFT file into DataFrame.

    Args:
        lines (:obj:`Iterable`): Iterator over the lines.

    Returns:
        :obj:`pandas.DataFrame`: Table data.

    """
    # filter lines that do not start with symbols
    data = "\n".join([i.rstrip() for i in lines
                      if not i.startswith(("^", "!", "#")) and i.rstrip()])
    if data:
        return read_csv(StringIO(data), index_col=None, sep="\t")
    else:
        return DataFrame()
Parse list of lines from SOFT file into DataFrame.

    Args:
        lines (:obj:`Iterable`): Iterator over the lines.

    Returns:
        :obj:`pandas.DataFrame`: Table data.