configobj - use of

[Steve Holden]

Bruce wrote:
> I assume that you know the module configobj. I use it like this:
> I have a config_file :
> 
> [sec1]
> [[subsec1]]
> a = 1
> b = 2
> [[subsec2]]
> a = 3
> b = 1
> 
> .. ans so on
> 
> Then in the code I have c = configobj.ConfigObj(path_to_config file)
> 
> then I go like for instance
> 
> for s in c['sec1']:
> 	print c['sec1'][s]['a']
> 
> Just think its awkward that its neccessary to use the c['sec1'] again
> inside the loop,
> guess I`d like it to be like
> print s.a
> 
> instead
> 
> Is this the right way to use configobj?
> 
So bind a variable to the section, and write

csec = c['sec1']
for s in csec:
     print csec[s]['a']

I don't think configobj support attribute-based access to the section 
values, in which case

     print csec[s].a

won't work.

regards
  Steve
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