How to read muliple values from a config file using config parser

Question

I have made a Config file and have multiple values for a keyword as:

[section]

database: mysql , sqlite

and i want to access the values separately..How to go about it??

Answer 1

How about using standard ConfigParser and not using comma?

[section]

database: mysql sqlite

When you get the variable, just split it:

databases = configparser.get('database').split()

Answer 2

Using space for separating options has the disadvantage that if space is already present in the options, as in the case of file names, it wont work. So better to use comma and split using .split(',') and remove leading/trailing whitespaces.