Ini (.ini)
Background & Context

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- Configuration file format.
- Composed of sections.
- Associates string keys to string values.
- Stores configurations for operating systems and software.
- Plain text format.
Import & Export

- Import["file.ini"] returns a representation of an Ini file as an Association.
- Import["file","Ini"] returns a representation of a file as an Ini file.
- Import["file.ini",elem] returns the specified data representation of an Ini file.
- Import["file",{"Ini",elem}] returns the specified data representation of a file.
- See the following reference pages for full general information:
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Import, Export import from or export to a file CloudImport, CloudExport import from or export to a cloud object ImportString, ExportString import from or export to a string ImportByteArray, ExportByteArray import from or export to a byte array
Import Elements

- General Import elements:
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"Elements" list of elements and options available in this file "Summary" summary of the file "Rules" list of rules for all available elements - Data representation elements:
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"Data" data as an association "DataRules" data as a list of rules "AnnotatedData" data as a list of sections as rules, and comments as strings - The Ini format exports elements of an association or a list.
- "Ini" treats an association as a list of sections. The keys specify the section names; the values specify the elements of a section as associations. Expressions are converted to their input form string representation.
- "Ini" accepts lists containing a mixture of rules and strings. Rules are exported as sections; strings are exported as commented lines.
- A commented line starts with ";".
Examples
Basic Examples (6)
Export an association as a section with properties:
Add a section and few properties to it:
Write properties and comments to it:
Import the data only, as an Association:
Import the data and the comment:
Whitespace characters are not trimmed:
Sections must start with the character "[" and finish with "]":


Commented lines must start with the character ";":


Arbitrary expressions are converted to strings using InputForm: