YAML basic syntax

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YAML

• To ---begin to ...end.
• Members of the same class (eg List elements) use -to identify.
• Notes to #begin with.

Boolean

There is no strict restriction on the writing of boolean values.

create_key: yes
needs_agent: no
knows_oop: True
likes_emacs: TRUE
uses_cvs: false

String object

Use |line breaks, >ignored wrap.

include_newlines: |
            exactly as you see
            will appear these three
            lines of poetry

ignore_newlines: >
            this is really a
            single line of text
            despite appearances

List & Hash object

• List

fruits:
    - Apple
    - Orange
    - Strawberry
    - Mango

• Hash

martin:
    name: Martin D'vloper
    job: Developer
    skill: Elite

• Mixed use of List and Map

- martin:
	name: Martin D'vloper
    job: Developer
    skills:
      - python
      - perl
      - pascal
- tabitha:
    name: Tabitha Bitumen
    job: Developer
    skills:
      - lisp
      - fortran
      - erlang

• List, Hash shorthand

martin: {
    
    name: Martin D'vloper, job: Developer, skill: Elite}
fruits: ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Strawberry', 'Mango']