diff --git a/tests/core/encoding/ini/test_core_ini.odin b/tests/core/encoding/ini/test_core_ini.odin
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+package test_core_ini
+
+import "base:runtime"
+import "core:encoding/ini"
+import "core:mem/virtual"
+import "core:strings"
+import "core:testing"
+
+@test
+parse_ini :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	ini_data := `
+		[LOG]
+		level = "devel"
+		file = "/var/log/testing.log"
+
+		[USER]
+		first_name = "John"
+		surname = "Smith"
+	`
+
+	m, err := ini.load_map_from_string(ini_data, context.allocator)
+	defer ini.delete_map(m)
+
+	testing.expectf(
+		t,
+		strings.contains(m["LOG"]["level"], "devel"),
+		"Expected m[\"LOG\"][\"level\"] to be equal to 'devel' instead got %v",
+		m["LOG"]["level"],
+	)
+	testing.expectf(
+		t,
+		strings.contains(m["LOG"]["file"], "/var/log/testing.log"),
+		"Expected m[\"LOG\"][\"file\"] to be equal to '/var/log/testing.log' instead got %v",
+		m["LOG"]["file"],
+	)
+	testing.expectf(
+		t,
+		strings.contains(m["USER"]["first_name"], "John"),
+		"Expected m[\"USER\"][\"first_name\"] to be equal to 'John' instead got %v",
+		m["USER"]["first_name"],
+	)
+	testing.expectf(
+		t,
+		strings.contains(m["USER"]["surname"], "Smith"),
+		"Expected m[\"USER\"][\"surname\"] to be equal to 'Smith' instead got %v",
+		m["USER"]["surname"],
+	)
+
+	testing.expectf(t, err == nil, "Expected `ini.load_map_from_string` to return a nil error, got %v", err)
+}
+
+@test
+ini_to_string :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	m := ini.Map{
+		"LEVEL" = {
+			"LOG" = "debug",
+		},
+	}
+
+	str := ini.save_map_to_string(m, context.allocator)
+	defer delete(str)
+	delete(m["LEVEL"])
+	delete(m)
+
+	testing.expectf(
+		t,
+		strings.contains(str, "[LEVEL]LOG = debug"),
+		"Expected `ini.save_map_to_string` to return a string equal to \"[LEVEL]LOG = debug\", got %v",
+		str,
+	)
+}
+
+@test
+ini_iterator :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	ini_data := `
+		[LOG]
+		level = "devel"
+		file = "/var/log/testing.log"
+
+		[USER]
+		first_name = "John"
+		surname = "Smith"
+	`
+
+	i := 0
+	iterator := ini.iterator_from_string(ini_data)
+	for key, value in ini.iterate(&iterator) {
+		if strings.contains(key, "level") {
+			testing.expectf(
+				t,
+				strings.contains(value, "devel"),
+				"Expected 'level' to be equal to 'devel' instead got '%v'",
+				value,
+			)
+		} else if strings.contains(key, "file") {
+			testing.expectf(
+				t,
+				strings.contains(value, "/var/log/testing.log"),
+				"Expected 'file' to be equal to '/var/log/testing.log' instead got '%v'",
+				value,
+			)
+		} else if strings.contains(key, "first_name") {
+			testing.expectf(
+				t,
+				strings.contains(value, "John"),
+				"Expected 'first_name' to be equal to 'John' instead got '%v'",
+				value,
+			)
+		} else if strings.contains(key, "surname") {
+			testing.expectf(
+				t,
+				strings.contains(value, "Smith"),
+				"Expected 'surname' to be equal to 'Smith' instead got '%v'",
+				value,
+			)
+		}
+		i += 1
+		}
+	testing.expectf(t, i == 4, "Expected to loop 4 times, only looped %v times", i)
+}