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diff --git a/yaml.html.markdown b/yaml.html.markdown index 3b32a069..52658453 100644 --- a/yaml.html.markdown +++ b/yaml.html.markdown @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ language: yaml filename: learnyaml.yaml contributors: - - ["Adam Brenecki", "https://github.com/adambrenecki"] - - ["Suhas SG", "https://github.com/jargnar"] +- [Adam Brenecki, 'https://github.com/adambrenecki'] +- [Suhas SG, 'https://github.com/jargnar'] --- YAML is a data serialisation language designed to be directly writable and @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readable by humans. It's a strict superset of JSON, with the addition of syntactically significant newlines and indentation, like Python. Unlike Python, however, -YAML doesn't allow literal tab characters at all. +YAML doesn't allow literal tab characters for indentation. ```yaml # Comments in YAML look like this. @@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ boolean: true null_value: null key with spaces: value # Notice that strings don't need to be quoted. However, they can be. -however: "A string, enclosed in quotes." -"Keys can be quoted too.": "Useful if you want to put a ':' in your key." +however: 'A string, enclosed in quotes.' +'Keys can be quoted too.': "Useful if you want to put a ':' in your key." +single quotes: 'have ''one'' escape pattern' +double quotes: "have many: \", \0, \t, \u263A, \x0d\x0a == \r\n, and more." # Multiple-line strings can be written either as a 'literal block' (using |), # or a 'folded block' (using '>'). @@ -59,12 +61,12 @@ folded_style: > # COLLECTION TYPES # #################### -# Nesting is achieved by indentation. +# Nesting uses indentation. 2 space indent is preferred (but not required). a_nested_map: - key: value - another_key: Another Value - another_nested_map: - hello: hello + key: value + another_key: Another Value + another_nested_map: + hello: hello # Maps don't have to have string keys. 0.25: a float key @@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ a_nested_map: # Keys can also be complex, like multi-line objects # We use ? followed by a space to indicate the start of a complex key. ? | - This is a key - that has multiple lines + This is a key + that has multiple lines : and this is its value # YAML also allows mapping between sequences with the complex key syntax @@ -83,22 +85,26 @@ a_nested_map: - Real Madrid : [ 2001-01-01, 2002-02-02 ] -# Sequences (equivalent to lists or arrays) look like this: +# Sequences (equivalent to lists or arrays) look like this +# (note that the '-' counts as indentation): a_sequence: - - Item 1 - - Item 2 - - 0.5 # sequences can contain disparate types. - - Item 4 - - key: value - another_key: another_value - - - - This is a sequence - - inside another sequence +- Item 1 +- Item 2 +- 0.5 # sequences can contain disparate types. +- Item 4 +- key: value + another_key: another_value +- + - This is a sequence + - inside another sequence +- - - Nested sequence indicators + - can be collapsed # Since YAML is a superset of JSON, you can also write JSON-style maps and # sequences: json_map: {"key": "value"} json_seq: [3, 2, 1, "takeoff"] +and quotes are optional: {key: [3, 2, 1, takeoff]} ####################### # EXTRA YAML FEATURES # @@ -111,15 +117,15 @@ other_anchor: *anchor_name # Anchors can be used to duplicate/inherit properties base: &base - name: Everyone has same name + name: Everyone has same name foo: &foo - <<: *base - age: 10 + <<: *base + age: 10 bar: &bar - <<: *base - age: 20 + <<: *base + age: 20 # foo and bar would also have name: Everyone has same name @@ -147,22 +153,23 @@ date: 2002-12-14 # The !!binary tag indicates that a string is actually a base64-encoded # representation of a binary blob. gif_file: !!binary | - R0lGODlhDAAMAIQAAP//9/X17unp5WZmZgAAAOfn515eXvPz7Y6OjuDg4J+fn5 - OTk6enp56enmlpaWNjY6Ojo4SEhP/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/+ - +f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++SH+Dk1hZGUgd2l0aCBHSU1QACwAAAAADAAMAAAFLC - AgjoEwnuNAFOhpEMTRiggcz4BNJHrv/zCFcLiwMWYNG84BwwEeECcgggoBADs= + R0lGODlhDAAMAIQAAP//9/X17unp5WZmZgAAAOfn515eXvPz7Y6OjuDg4J+fn5 + OTk6enp56enmlpaWNjY6Ojo4SEhP/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++f/+ + +f/++f/++f/++f/++f/++SH+Dk1hZGUgd2l0aCBHSU1QACwAAAAADAAMAAAFLC + AgjoEwnuNAFOhpEMTRiggcz4BNJHrv/zCFcLiwMWYNG84BwwEeECcgggoBADs= # YAML also has a set type, which looks like this: set: - ? item1 - ? item2 - ? item3 + ? item1 + ? item2 + ? item3 +or: {item1, item2, item3} # Like Python, sets are just maps with null values; the above is equivalent to: set2: - item1: null - item2: null - item3: null + item1: null + item2: null + item3: null ``` ### More Resources |