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--- # Favorite movies
- Casablanca
- North by Northwest
- The Man Who Wasn't There
--- # Shopping list
[milk, pumpkin pie, eggs, juice]
--- # Indented Blocks, common in YAML data files, use indentation and new lines to separate the key: value pairs
name: John Smith
age: 33
--- # Inline Blocks, common in YAML data streams, use commas to separate the key: value pairs between braces
{name: John Smith, age: 33}
---
receipt: Oz-Ware Purchase Invoice
date: 2007-08-06
customer:
given: Dorothy
family: Gale
items:
- part_no: A4786
descrip: Water Bucket (Filled)
price: 1.47
quantity: 4
- part_no: E1628
descrip: High Heeled "Ruby" Slippers
size: 8
price: 100.27
quantity: 1
bill-to: &id001
street: |
123 Tornado Alley
Suite 16
city: East Centerville
state: KS
ship-to: *id001
specialDelivery: >
Follow the Yellow Brick
Road to the Emerald City.
Pay no attention to the
man behind the curtain.
...