If the configuration item of my ini configuration file contains #, it will cause an error in reading the configuration.

[chingzio]

Version

1.67.0

Describe the bug

If the configuration item of my ini configuration file contains #, it will cause the configuration to be read incorrectly. For example, my MySQL password is "xxx#123", and the obtained parameter is "xxx".

To reproduce

ini file

[database]
DbPassWord = "XXX#123"

config.go

file, err := ini.Load("config/app.ini")
DbPassWord = file.Section("database").Key("DbPassWord").MustString("")
fmt.Println("passwd:"DbPassWord)

This outputs passwd: "XXX

Expected behavior

Configuration items containing # can be read correctly.

Additional context

No response

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[Tensai75]

I second that. This should really be addressed.

[egorlepa]

same problem, can't have values with #
workaround:

func extractValue(key *ini.Key) string {
	value := key.Value()
	comment := key.Comment
	if len(comment) == 0 {
		return value
	}
	if idx := strings.LastIndex(comment, "\n"); idx != -1 {
		comment = comment[idx+1:]
	}
	if len(comment) > 0 && comment[0] == '#' {
		value += comment
	}
	return value
}

[chingzio]

I found a solution, you can use ` instead of " in the ini file, and you can read the configuration correctly.
for example:

[database]
DbPassWord = `XXX#123`

[CodeMonkey80s]

You can also use triple quotes:

key = """some#thing"""