parseyaml

Prototype: parseyaml(yaml_data)

Return type: data

Description: Parses YAML data directly from an inlined string and returns the result as a data variable

Arguments:

• yaml_data: string, in the range: .*

Please note that it's usually most convenient to use single quotes for the string (CFEngine allows both types of quotes around a string).

Example:

    vars:

      "loadthis"

      data =>  parseyaml('
    - arrayentry1
    - arrayentry2
    - key1: 1
      key2: 2
    ');

      # inline syntax since 3.7
      # note the --- preamble is required with inline data
      "loadthis_inline"

      data =>  '---
    - arrayentry1
    - arrayentry2
    - key1: 1
      key2: 2
    ';

See also: readjson(), readyaml(), mergedata(), Inline YAML and JSON data, and data documentation.