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Collection Types

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http://yaml.org/type/map.html -----------------------------------------------#

map:

Unordered set of key: value pairs.

Block style: !!map Clark : Evans Ingy : döt Net Oren : Ben-Kiki Flow style: !!map { Clark: Evans, Ingy: döt Net, Oren: Ben-Kiki }

http://yaml.org/type/omap.html ----------------------------------------------#

omap:

Explicitly typed ordered map (dictionary).

Bestiary: !!omap - aardvark: African pig-like ant eater. Ugly. - anteater: South-American ant eater. Two species. - anaconda: South-American constrictor snake. Scaly. # Etc.

Flow style

Numbers: !!omap [ one: 1, two: 2, three : 3 ]

http://yaml.org/type/pairs.html ---------------------------------------------#

pairs:

Explicitly typed pairs.

Block tasks: !!pairs - meeting: with team. - meeting: with boss. - break: lunch. - meeting: with client. Flow tasks: !!pairs [ meeting: with team, meeting: with boss ]

http://yaml.org/type/set.html -----------------------------------------------#

set:

Explicitly typed set.

baseball players: !!set ? Mark McGwire ? Sammy Sosa ? Ken Griffey

Flow style

baseball teams: !!set { Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees }

http://yaml.org/type/seq.html -----------------------------------------------#

seq:

Ordered sequence of nodes

Block style: !!seq

• Mercury # Rotates - no light/dark sides.
• Venus # Deadliest. Aptly named.
• Earth # Mostly dirt.
• Mars # Seems empty.
• Jupiter # The king.
• Saturn # Pretty.
• Uranus # Where the sun hardly shines.
• Neptune # Boring. No rings.
• Pluto # You call this a planet? Flow style: !!seq [ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, # Rocks Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, # Gas Pluto ] # Overrated