File processing

[Jeremy Jones]

Gopal wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm Gopal. I'm looking for a solution to the following problem:
>
>I need to create a text file config.txt having some parameters. I'm
>thinking of going with this format by having "Param Name - value". Note
>that the value is a string/number; something like this:
>
>PROJECT_ID = "E4208506"
>SW_VERSION = "18d"
>HW_VERSION = "2"
>
>In my script, I need to parse this config file and extract the Values
>of the parameters.
>
>I'm very new to python as you can understand from the problem. However,
>I've some project dealines. So I need your help in arriving at a simple
>and ready-made solution.
>
>Regards,
>Gopal.
>
>  
>
Would this 
(http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-ConfigParser.html) do what 
you need?  It's part of the standard library.


- JMJ