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parseyaml
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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.