YAML

Structure

Block and flow style

Block style

Lists:

fruits:
  - apple
  - banana
  - orange

Maps/dictionary:

address:
  street: "H.C. Andersens vej 9"
  city: Viborg
  zip: 8800

Flow style

Lists:

fruits: [apple, banana, orange]

Maps:/dictionary:

address: {street: "H.C. Andersens vej 9",  city: Viborg,  zip: 8800 }

Data types

Scalars

• Strings
  • "This is a string"
  • 'This is also a string'
  • This is a string too
  • "2999"
• Numbers
  • 2999
  • 2e+10
• Booleans
  • true
  • false
• Dates
  • "2025-01-01" # ISO-8601 standard
• Null
  • Name: null
  • Name: ~
  • Name: