> Python program instead of hard-coded values. The configuration data > currently is in the form of a couple of lists and some triple-quoted > strings. > > I was looking at the ConfigParser module, but I cannot see how to > use > this format to represent lists or triple-quoted strings. Are there > any > other suggestions? Thanks.
There are several possibilities:- 1) the simplest is simply a lsingle line with the values separated by some character - commas, colons, hyphens, whatever doesn't appear in the data. Then read the line as a string, split(char) it into its parts and convert the parts to the appropriate types. Using commas may allow you to leverage the CSV module. 2) Use a richer format, like XML which provides for very complex structures and allows you to use a standard parser like ElementTree to extract the data. 3) Write all values onm their own lines and add a marker to separate lists. Then use a while loop to read in the lines until you reach the marker. Thee are other options too, but those should be enough to get you going. HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
