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import yaml

names_yaml = """
- 'eric'
- 'justin'
- 'mary-kate'
"""

with open('names.yaml', 'w') as file:
    yaml.dump(names, file)

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>>> import yaml
>>>
>>> names_yaml = """
... - 'eric'
... - 'justin'
... - 'mary-kate'
... """
>>>
>>> names = yaml.safe_load(names_yaml)
>>> names

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>>> import yaml
>>> with open('config.yml', 'r') as file
...    prime_service = yaml.safe_load(file)

>>> prime_service
{'rest': 
  { 'url': 'https://example.org/primenumbers/v1',
    'port': 8443
  },
  'prime_numbers': [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19]}

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rest:
  url: "https://example.org/primenumbers/v1"
  port: 8443

prime_numbers: [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19]