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Get ConfigObj to quote strings

If I run the following script:

from configobj import ConfigObj
config = ConfigObj()
config.filename = 'test.cfg'
config['keyword1'] = "the value"
config['keyword2'] = "'{0:s}'".format("the value")
config['keyword3'] = '"{0:s}"'.format("the value")
config.write()

the output is:

keyword1 = the value
keyword2 = "'the value'"
keyword3 = '"the value"'

Is there any way to produce the following output?

keyword1 = 'the value'
Solution

  • What you're after is unrepr=True

    config = ConfigObj(unrepr=True)

    Then quotes will be preserved when you write back to file.