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bobbee

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 11:42 am Post subject: reading qm.ini Python

Knight

Joined: 20 Sep 2001
Posts: 545
Location: Tampa

I have configuration files for my script. I am using configparser. Is there another parser for Python that would read the qm.ini file in the same manner?

gbaddeley

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 3:49 pm Post subject:

Jedi Knight

Joined: 25 Mar 2003
Posts: 2538
Location: Melbourne, Australia

qm.ini and other MQ ini files are similar to Windows INI files. Is there any reason why configparser does not work with these?
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bobbee

Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 4:46 am Post subject:

Knight

Joined: 20 Sep 2001
Posts: 545
Location: Tampa

I am using configparser to process a properties file. It looks for sections, by default, in the format of '[section]' The qm.ini is formatted as 'section:'. I have run into a configuration where you can change the section search by using REGEDIT. Trying to find more information on how I can change it to look for 'section:'

I searched again after I wrote this. there is this ConfigParser.SECTCRE in configparser for customizing the section search.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#configparser.ConfigParser.SECTCRE

bobbee

Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 5:14 am Post subject:

Knight

Joined: 20 Sep 2001
Posts: 545
Location: Tampa

I will admit my REGEDIT is non-existent. I see the example as

Code:

custom.SECTCRE = re.compile(r"\[ *(?P<header>[^]]+?) *\]")

Would changing that to:

Code:

custom.SECTCRE = re.compile(r"*(?P<header>[^]]+?) *:")

solve my problem as instead of looking for '[section]' it would look for 'section:'

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:05 pm Post subject:

Novice

Joined: 02 Apr 2010
Posts: 17
Location: IL USA

I still get header missing error, did you have to do anything else.

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