@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ BEGIN {

 #help:BEGIN

             case /^--conf=["']?.+["']?$/:

 #help:file containing the configuration to read

-                filename = gensub(/^--conf=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                filename = gensub(/^--conf=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^--conf$/:

 #help:file containing the configuration to read

-                filename = gensub(/^["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[++arg])

+                filename = gensub(/^["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[++arg])

                 break

             case "--sections-list":

 #help:list all sections found in given config file

@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ BEGIN {

                 break

             case /^--section=["']?.+["']?$/:

 #help:retrieve information for section <section>

-                s = gensub(/^--section=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                s = gensub(/^--section=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 onlysections[s] = true

                 break

 #            case /^-s$/:

 ##help:retrieve information for section <section>

-#                s = gensub(/^["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[++arg])

+#                s = gensub(/^["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[++arg])

 #                onlysections[s] = true

 #                break

             case /^--clean$/:

@@ -121,21 +121,21 @@ BEGIN {

                 break

             case /^--array=["']?.+["']?$/:

 #help:learns the script this entry is intented to be treated as an array, can be used multiple times for multiples array names

-                arrayname=gensub(/^--array=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                arrayname=gensub(/^--array=["']?(.+)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 conf_arrays = conf_arrays "|" arrayname

                 key_array[arrayname]++

                 break

             case /^--first-element-array=[01]$/:

 #help:tells the script the array index begins at 0 or 1, defaults to 0

-                first_element_index = gensub(/^--first-element-array=([01])$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                first_element_index = gensub(/^--first-element-array=([01])$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^--var-delim-begin=["']?.{3,}["']?$/:

 #help:tells the script what is the starting chars sequence to delimitate a variable, defaults to {{{, can be -+= (for example)

-                var_delimiters_begin = gensub(/^--var-delim-begin=["']?(.{3,})["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                var_delimiters_begin = gensub(/^--var-delim-begin=["']?(.{3,})["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^--var-delim-end=["']?.{3,}["']?$/:

 #help:tells the script what is the ending chars sequence to delimitate a variable, defaults to }}}, can be =+- (for example)

-                var_delimiters_end = gensub(/^--var-delim-end=["']?(.{3,})["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                var_delimiters_end = gensub(/^--var-delim-end=["']?(.{3,})["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^--case-sensitive$/:

 #help:tells the script if it has to be case-sensitive, defaults to insensitive

@@ -146,17 +146,17 @@ BEGIN {

 #help: lower = variables output in lowercase (default)

 #help: UPPER = variables output in UPPERCASE

                  case_sensitive = false

-                 default_case = gensub(/^--case-insensitive[=]?(.*)$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                 default_case = gensub(/^--case-insensitive[=]?(.*)$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                  if (default_case == "")

                      default_case = "lower"

                  break

             case /^--key-value-delimiter=["']?.["']?$/:

 #help:tells the script which char is used to separate the key from its assorciated value in the configuration file, defaults to blank-char

-                 key_value_delimiter = gensub(/^--key-value-delimiter=["']?(.)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                 key_value_delimiter = gensub(/^--key-value-delimiter=["']?(.)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                  break

             case /^--in-var-space-replacement=["']?.["']?$/:

 #help:tells the script which char to use to replace a space found in a key, defaults to empty

-                in_var_space_remplacement = gensub(/^--in-var-space-replacement=["']?(.)["']?$/, "\\1", "", ARGV[arg])

+                in_var_space_remplacement = gensub(/^--in-var-space-replacement=["']?(.)["']?$/, "\\1", "1", ARGV[arg])

                 break

             case /^help$/:

 #help:show this help

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ BEGIN {

     close(filename)

     if (conf_arrays != "") {

-        conf_arrays = gensub("^|", "", "", conf_arrays)

+        conf_arrays = gensub("^|", "", "1", conf_arrays)

         if (key_value_delimiter != "")

             conf_arrays = gensub(/\s/, in_var_space_remplacement, "g", conf_arrays)

         conf_arrays = apply_case_sensivity(conf_arrays)

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ BEGIN {

             }

             else {

                 key = $1

-                value = clean ? "" : gensub("^[[:blank:]]*" $1 "[[:blank:]]*", "", "")

+                value = clean ? "" : gensub("^[[:blank:]]*" $1 "[[:blank:]]*", "", "1")

             }

             key = apply_case_sensivity(key)

             if (key ~ "^(" conf_arrays ")$" && ! unset)