cvars = {}

def loadConfig(file):

    configfile = open(file,'r')
    configlist = configfile.readlines()
    for x in configlist:
        if x[:1] == '[' or x[:1] == '/':
            pass
        else:
            vars = x.replace(';','').split('=')

            cvars[vars[0]] = vars[1]

this stores the key=value pairs in a dictionary called cvars
perfect for config files
as always comments/critisim welcomed!

Read and Parse key=value; config file

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