1/* 
2
3Read a ini file
4
5[Section1]
6Param1=value1
7[Section2]
8Param2=value2
9
10*/
11var fs = require("fs");
12
13function parseINIString(data){
14    var regex = {
15        section: /^\s*\[\s*([^\]]*)\s*\]\s*$/,
16        param: /^\s*([^=]+?)\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
17        comment: /^\s*;.*$/
18    };
19    var value = {};
20    var lines = data.split(/[\r\n]+/);
21    var section = null;
22    lines.forEach(function(line){
23        if(regex.comment.test(line)){
24            return;
25        }else if(regex.param.test(line)){
26            var match = line.match(regex.param);
27            if(section){
28                value[section][match[1]] = match[2];
29            }else{
30                value[match[1]] = match[2];
31            }
32        }else if(regex.section.test(line)){
33            var match = line.match(regex.section);
34            value[match[1]] = {};
35            section = match[1];
36        }else if(line.length == 0 && section){
37            section = null;
38        };
39    });
40    return value;
41}
42
43try {
44    var data = fs.readFileSync('C:\\data\\data.dat', 'utf8');
45
46    var javascript_ini = parseINIString(data);
47    console.log(javascript_ini['Section1']);
48
49} 
50catch(e) {
51    console.log(e);
52}
53