Re: Variables in external file

Mark Wheeler Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:36:18 -0800

Hi all,

Thanks for all you input. I'm mulling it all over to decide what works best for me. That's the beauty of it all - there's always more than one way to get what you want. Thanks again.

Mark


On Feb 18, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Rich Morin wrote:

At 8:39 AM -0800 2/18/05, Mark Wheeler wrote:

Is it possible to have a bunch of variables in a separate file
and then require that file in the script file?


Possible, yes.  Advisable, no.  I tend to use YAML (www.yaml.org)
for this sort of thing, as:

  # some_data.yml

Then, after loading the file, I access the data as:

  foreach $item (@{ $r->{List} }) {
    print $item;
  }

YAML is easy to read and edit, maps well to Perl data structures,
is language-independent, loads safely, etc.

-r
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