stdout

"prashant"

yaml-pointer.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)

type S struct {
	Name        string  `yaml:"name"`
	NamePointer *string `yaml:"namePtr"`
}

func main() {
	s := &S{}
	s.NamePointer = &s.Name

	contents := `
namePtr: "prashant"
`

	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(contents), &s); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", s.Name)
}