diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f478272..e01aaaf 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -78,11 +78,15 @@ Some simple parse() format string examples:
 
     >>> parse("Bring me a {}", "Bring me a shrubbery")
     <Result ('shrubbery',) {}>
-    >>> r = parse("The {} who say {}", "The knights who say Ni!")
+    >>> r = parse("The {} who {} {}", "The knights who say Ni!")
     >>> print(r)
-    <Result ('knights', 'Ni!') {}>
+    <Result ('knights', 'say', 'Ni!') {}>
     >>> print(r.fixed)
-    ('knights', 'Ni!')
+    ('knights', 'say', 'Ni!')
+    >>> print(r[0])
+    knights
+    >>> print(r[1:])
+    ('say', 'Ni!')
     >>> r = parse("Bring out the holy {item}", "Bring out the holy hand grenade")
     >>> print(r)
     <Result () {'item': 'hand grenade'}>
@@ -93,8 +97,11 @@ Some simple parse() format string examples:
     >>> 'item' in r
     True
 
-Note that ``in`` only works if you have named fields. Dotted names and indexes
-are possible though the application must make additional sense of the result:
+Note that `in` only works if you have named fields.
+
+Dotted names and indexes are possible with some limits. Only word identifiers
+are supported (ie. no numeric indexes) and the application must make additional
+sense of the result:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 
@@ -377,6 +384,9 @@ the pattern, the actual match represents the shortest successful match for
 
 ----
 
+- 1.19.0 Added slice access to fixed results (thanks @jonathangjertsen).
+  Also corrected matching of *full string* vs. *full line* (thanks @giladreti)
+  Fix issue with using digit field numbering and types
 - 1.18.0 Correct bug in int parsing introduced in 1.16.0 (thanks @maxxk)
 - 1.17.0 Make left- and center-aligned search consume up to next space
 - 1.16.0 Make compiled parse objects pickleable (thanks @martinResearch)
@@ -453,5 +463,5 @@ the pattern, the actual match represents the shortest successful match for
   and removed the restriction on mixing fixed-position and named fields
 - 1.0.0 initial release
 
-This code is copyright 2012-2020 Richard Jones <richard@python.org>
+This code is copyright 2012-2021 Richard Jones <richard@python.org>
 See the end of the source file for the license of use.
diff --git a/parse.py b/parse.py
index 6b3066b..062a421 100644
--- a/parse.py
+++ b/parse.py
@@ -97,8 +97,11 @@
     >>> 'item' in r
     True
 
-Note that `in` only works if you have named fields. Dotted names and indexes
-are possible though the application must make additional sense of the result:
+Note that `in` only works if you have named fields.
+
+Dotted names and indexes are possible with some limits. Only word identifiers
+are supported (ie. no numeric indexes) and the application must make additional
+sense of the result:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 
@@ -381,7 +384,9 @@
 
 ----
 
-- 1.19.0 Added slice access to fixed results (thanks @jonathangjertsen)
+- 1.19.0 Added slice access to fixed results (thanks @jonathangjertsen).
+  Also corrected matching of *full string* vs. *full line* (thanks @giladreti)
+  Fix issue with using digit field numbering and types
 - 1.18.0 Correct bug in int parsing introduced in 1.16.0 (thanks @maxxk)
 - 1.17.0 Make left- and center-aligned search consume up to next space
 - 1.16.0 Make compiled parse objects pickleable (thanks @martinResearch)
@@ -458,13 +463,13 @@
   and removed the restriction on mixing fixed-position and named fields
 - 1.0.0 initial release
 
-This code is copyright 2012-2020 Richard Jones <richard@python.org>
+This code is copyright 2012-2021 Richard Jones <richard@python.org>
 See the end of the source file for the license of use.
 '''
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = '1.18.0'
+__version__ = '1.19.0'
 
 # yes, I now have two problems
 import re
@@ -1032,11 +1037,17 @@ def _handle_field(self, field):
         # now figure whether this is an anonymous or named field, and whether
         # there's any format specification
         format = ''
-        if field and field[0].isalpha():
-            if ':' in field:
-                name, format = field.split(':')
-            else:
-                name = field
+
+        if ':' in field:
+            name, format = field.split(':')
+        else:
+            name = field
+
+        # This *should* be more flexible, but parsing complicated structures
+        # out of the string is hard (and not necessarily useful) ... and I'm
+        # being lazy. So for now `identifier` is "anything starting with a
+        # letter" and digit args don't get attribute or element stuff.
+        if name and name[0].isalpha():
             if name in self._name_to_group_map:
                 if self._name_types[name] != format:
                     raise RepeatedNameError(
@@ -1056,8 +1067,6 @@ def _handle_field(self, field):
         else:
             self._fixed_fields.append(self._group_index)
             wrap = r'(%s)'
-            if ':' in field:
-                format = field[1:]
             group = self._group_index
 
         # simplest case: no type specifier ({} or {name})
diff --git a/test_parse.py b/test_parse.py
index 089fcea..1752a42 100755
--- a/test_parse.py
+++ b/test_parse.py
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ def test_named_typed(self):
         self._test_expression('{name:w}', r'(?P<name>\w+)')
         self._test_expression('{name:w} {other:w}', r'(?P<name>\w+) (?P<other>\w+)')
 
+    def test_numbered(self):
+        self._test_expression('{0}', r'(.+?)')
+        self._test_expression('{0} {1}', r'(.+?) (.+?)')
+        self._test_expression('{0:f} {1:f}', r'([-+ ]?\d*\.\d+) ([-+ ]?\d*\.\d+)')
+
     def test_bird(self):
         # skip some trailing whitespace
         self._test_expression('{:>}', r' *(.+?)')
@@ -1076,6 +1081,7 @@ def test_int_convert_stateless_base(self):
         self.assertEqual(parser.parse("1234")[0], 1234)
         self.assertEqual(parser.parse("0b1011")[0], 0b1011)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()