Creating a simple configuration file and parser in C++

Question

I am trying to create a simple configuration file that looks like this

url = http://mysite.com
file = main.exe
true = 0

when the program ru

Answer 1

SimpleConfigFile is a library that does exactly what you require and it is very simple to use.

# File file.cfg
url = http://example.com
file = main.exe
true = 0 

The following program reads the previous configuration file:

#include
#include
#include
#include "config_file.h"

int main(void)
{
    // Variables that we want to read from the config file
    std::string url, file;
    bool true_false;

    // Names for the variables in the config file. They can be different from the actual variable names.
    std::vector ln = {"url","file","true"};

    // Open the config file for reading
    std::ifstream f_in("file.cfg");

    CFG::ReadFile(f_in, ln, url, file, true_false);
    f_in.close();

    std::cout << "url: " << url << std::endl;
    std::cout << "file: " << file << std::endl;
    std::cout << "true: " << true_false << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

The function CFG::ReadFile uses variadic templates. This way, you can pass the variables you want to read and the corresponding type is used for reading the data in the appropriate way.