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Parsing yaml into a python dictionary.
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yaml-read-parse.py
f = open('user.yaml')
dataMap = yaml.load(f)
f.close()
print ""
print "=-----------="
print "dataMap is a ", type(dataMap), dataMap
print "=-----------="
print "main items are", type(dataMap['main']), dataMap['main']
print "=-----------="
print "main is a list, the first item is a dictionary", type(dataMap['main'][0]), dataMap['main'][0]
print "=-----------="
print "main[0] is a dict, the first item is", dataMap['main'][0]['users'][0]
"""
Sample YAML File:
- users:
- joe
- mike
- sally
- path:
- /Users/me/files/
- text.files
- search_phrases:
- Invalid users
- Failed password
"""
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ghost commented Apr 12, 2016

sample files

--- meta: data_version: 0.6 created: 2011-05-06 revision: 1 info: city: Bangalore competition: IPL dates: - 2008-04-18 match_type: T20 outcome: by: runs: 140 winner: Kolkata Knight Riders overs: 20 player_of_match: - BB McCullum teams: - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Kolkata Knight Riders toss: decision: field winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore umpires: - Asad Rauf - RE Koertzen venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium

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--- meta: data_version: 0.6 created: 2011-05-06 revision: 1 info: city: Bangalore competition: IPL dates: - 2008-04-18 match_type: T20 outcome: by: runs: 140 winner: Kolkata Knight Riders overs: 20 player_of_match: - BB McCullum teams: - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Kolkata Knight Riders toss: decision: field winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore umpires: - Asad Rauf - RE Koertzen venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium

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beng commented Apr 21, 2016

@D-Pkya you have a break in the for loop causing the loop to end after the first iteration.

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