I am wanting to use a configuration file that will store data that will be used to populate variables in order to avoid hard-coding. What statements, techniques, or file types, would you recommend in accomplishing this? Thanks in advance.

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: I am wanting to use a configuration file that will store data that will be
: used to populate variables in order to avoid hard-coding. What statements,
: techniques, or file types, would you recommend in accomplishing this?
: Thanks in advance.