import ConfigParser

import ast

config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()

config.read('example.cfg')

# single variables

print config.get('section1', 'var1')

print config.get('section1', 'var2')

print config.get('section1', 'var3')

print config.get('section2', 'var4')

print config.get('section2', 'var5')

print config.get('section2', 'var6')

# lists

l1 = config.get('section1', 'list1').split(',')

l2 = config.get('section1', 'list2').split(',')

l3 = map(lambda s: s.strip('\''), config.get('section1', 'list3').split(','))

print l1,type(l1)

print l2,type(l2)

print l3,type(l3)

# dictionaries

d1 = ast.literal_eval(config.get('section3', 'dict1'))

print d1, type(d1)

d2 = ast.literal_eval(config.get('section3', 'dict2'))

print d2, type(d2)

d3 = ast.literal_eval(config.get('section3', 'dict3'))

print d3, type(d3)

d4 = ast.literal_eval(config.get('section3', 'dict4'))

print d4, type(d4)

print d4['key1'], type(d4['key1'])

print d4['key1'][1], type(d4['key1'][1])

print d4['key1'][2], type(d4['key1'][2])