Take a look at ConfigParser module. The format of the file would be something like:
[members] peter=16 anton=21 People are accustomed to this format file (windows .ini format). -Larry Ilias Lazaridis wrote: > within a python script, I like to create a collection which I fill with > values from an external text-file (user editable). > > How is this accomplished the easiest way (if possible without the need > of libraries which are not part of the standard distribution)? > > something like: > > text-file: > {peter, 16}, > {anton, 21} > > - > > within code: > > users.load(text-file.txt) > > for user in users > user.name > user.age > > . > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list