| 9 All characters starting with a comment character up to the end of the line are ignored. |
9 All characters starting with a comment character up to the end of the line are ignored. |
| 10 Blank lines are also ignored. |
10 Blank lines are also ignored. |
| 11 |
11 |
| 12 An example properties file looks like this: |
12 An example properties file looks like this: |
| 13 |
13 |
| 14 ```properties |
14 ```Ini |
| 15 # Comment line at start of file |
15 # Comment line at start of file |
| 16 key1 = value1 |
16 key1 = value1 |
| 17 key2 = value2 |
17 key2 = value2 |
| 18 # next is a blank line and will be ignored |
18 # next is a blank line and will be ignored |
| 19 |
19 |