title: Reading variables from a configuration file
body: <p>I'm trying to determine the best way to read in a configuration file. This "Parameters.cfg" file is just to define values and is of this form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>origin_uniform_distribution 0
  origin_defined 1
  angles_gaussian 0
  angles_uniform_distribution 0
  angles_defined 0
  startx 0
  starty 0
  gap 500
  nevents 1000
  origin_uniform_distribution_x_min -5
  origin_uniform_distribution_x_max 5
  origin_uniform_distribution_y_min -5
  origin_uniform_distribution_y_max 5
  origin_defined_x 0
  origin_defined_y 0
  angles_gaussian_center 0
  angles_gaussian_sigma 5
  angles_uniform_distribution_x_min -5
  angles_uniform_distribution_x_max 5
  angles_uniform_distribution_y_min -5
  angles_uniform_distribution_y_max 5
  angles_defined_x 10
  angles_defined_y 10
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The names are there for the user to know which variables they are defining. I would like to have my program read in only the actual numbers and skip over the strings. I know I can do this in a way where I define a whole lot of strings in my program, and then just leave them sitting there defined but obviously unused. Is there a way to read in the numbers easily while skipping over the strings?</p>