ConfigParser test ini file

test.ini

; This is a comment
# This is also a comment

; This is a variable defined outside a section, 
; you can access _these_ by using section name "DEFAULT"
; (Note: "DEFAULT" doesn't appear when you use ConfigParser.sections();)
foo = bar

[        freenode       ] ;This is a section, leading/trailing whitespace trimmed, always enclosed by [ ]
host = irc.freenode.net ;This is a unquoted variable
port : 6667 
nick : "PlugBot" ;This is a quoted variable
ident=PlugBot2 
identify={ident} ;This is referencing a previously defined variable

; Variables can be referenced even from within strings
test = "Server port is {port}"
test2 = Server is {host}
test3 = 'Server is at {host}:{port}'

;Referencing a previous variable produces it's contents, 
; or if the variable is not defined, it produces ""

;All leading/trailing whitespace gets trimmed,
;So using (without quotes) 'nick =     fooo        ', 'nick' = 'foo'
;but if you quote the value, 'nick = "    for    "', it 
;preserves the whitespace
;(this also applies to key names)

;This is another section
[freenodetr]
;Another quoted variable
server = "Hello, world!"