#
# Some scalar values
#
scalar=10
string='this is a string.'

#
# Simple arrays 
#
xy_pair=[600,800]
array=[1.3,15.7,6,14]

#
#also split across lines
#
array2=[1,2,3
        4,5,6]

#
# A table with five named columns
#
#

boundary = {vertex,sub_area,tag,lon,lat
1	1	ext	-126.974331703643	17.3556452630824
2	1	ext	-124.457378764262	18.9454558226726
3	1	ext	-121.902981913667	15.7119428186853
4	1	ext	-125.095321868497	13.5293215385741
5	2	int	-128.389133609385	15.0382942761021
6	2	int	-126.974331703643	17.3556452630824
}

#
# A plain text block
#
#

text_block1="
The quick brown fox jumps
over a lazy dog.
"

#
# can have quotes in the block, provided they are not alone on the line
#
text_block2="
"Once upon a time, in a land far, far away,
there was a beautiful young girl who had
become lost while traveling. As the sun set
and the moon rose, she happened upon a
splendid castle." 
"

#
# A structure array
#
# Note that items are not numbered, so may be easily edited.
# Sharing a common object name indicates membership of the same array.
#

object = chronology 
    name='Moon1'
    coefficients=[5.44E-14,6.93E0,0,8.38E-4]
end_object = chronology

object = chronology 
    name='Moon2'
    coefficients=[5.44E-14,6.93E0,0,8.38E-4]        
end_object = chronology

object = chronology 
    name='Mars1'
    coefficients=[3.22E-14,6.93E00,0,4.875E-04]    
end_object = chronology

object = chronology 
    name='Mars2'
    coefficients=[2.68e-14,6.93e00,0,4.13e-4]    
end_object = chronology

#
# A structure array with variable length arrays (stored as pointers to arrays)
#

object = variable_length
    name='list1'
    array=*[1,2,3]
end_object = variable_length

object = variable_length
    name='list2'
    array=*[1,2,3,4]
end_object = variable_length