On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Beast wrote:
To avoid hardcoding parameter in program, Im trying to make a separate
file for config. However its not as simple as key/value which can be
easily parse using split.
Why not ? A crude split might fail, but splitting on / = / should work
for the format you describe.
But even that wheel doesn't need reinventing. The format your describe
isn't all that different from the old Windows .ini format:
[Marketing]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject="Test mkt"
body="this is a test msg for mkt"
[Accounting]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject="Test acc"
body="this is a test msg for acct"
There's already a very good module to parse this format. You can write
your own, but you might as well just use Config::IniFiles:
http://search.cpan.org/~gcarls/Config-IniFiles/IniFiles.pm
You could make this as simple or as complex as you want, but a basic
script using this module should be very easy to implement.
A CPAN search for 'ini' turns up several similar modules, if this one
seems like overkill. Config::Abstract::Ini looks promising, as is
Config::IniHash, Config::Tiny, etc. There seem to be dozens...
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Chris Devers
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