====== Config Parser ======

**General Information**

Using the config parser module to read external config files. 

**Checklist**
  * import ConfigParser
  * A config file to parse!

----

====== Usage ======

Assume the following example config file for the code example
<code bash>
/home/myuser/.settings/config

[colors]
color1=red
color2=blue
</code>

----

====== The Code ======

<code python program-name.py>
# os: Use bash environment variables
import os

# ConfigParser: Use variables from external file
import ConfigParser

# New ConfigParser instance called "config"
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()

# Read the Config File
config.read(os.environ.get('HOME') + "/.settings/config")

# Set variables based off of the config file read
my_color1 = config.get("colors", "color1")
my_color2 = config.get("colors", "color2")

# Show gathered settings
print("My colors were: %s and %s") % (my_color1, my_color2)
</code>

----