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Read everything from a Windows .ini file

Hello!
Is is possible to read all entries from a Windows .ini file in Python, also if you don't know exactly the names of sections and values? (see sample .ini file below). I would like to have some generic code that can read all sections and values, whatever they are.

[Section1]
Entry1=test
Entry2=test2

[Section2]
debug=1
Name=test

Glowingdark

Its a bit ugly, but it works.

# parse ini file
myfile = open('c:\sample.ini', 'r')
sections = []
keysandvalues = []

lines = []
lines = myfile.readlines()
myfile.close()
section = 'no section'

for line in lines:
if line[0:1] == "[":
if len(keysandvalues) > 0:
# new section
sections.append([section, keysandvalues])
section = line.strip()
keysandvalues = []
elif section <> 'no section':
#empty section
sections.append([section, []])
section = line.strip()
else:
# first section
section = line.strip()
elif line.find('=') > 1:
#key value pair
key, value = line.split('=')
keysandvalues.append([key.strip(),value.strip()])
else:
pass

# last section
sections.append([section, keysandvalues])

the [sections] will still have their brackets around them, and I dont like manually appending the last section, but it works

Kevin

F. Dominicus

Use the module ConfigParser
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-ConfigParser.html

Regards
Friedrich

rj2

ASKER

fridom,
Do you got a sample that demonstrates this?
(read all values from ini file and prints out their values using the module ConfigParser?)

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F. Dominicus

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