yaml
Methods to Convert R Data to YAML and Back
Implements the 'libyaml' 'YAML' 1.1 parser and emitter (< https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML>) for R.
yaml
yaml provides R bindings to libyaml, a fast YAML parser and emitter.
Installation
Install from CRAN:
install.packages("yaml")
Or install the development version from GitHub:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("r-lib/r-yaml")
Usage
library(yaml)
Parse YAML with yaml.load() or read_yaml():
yaml.load(
"
- 1
- 2
- 3
"
)
#> [1] 1 2 3
yaml.load(
"
a: 1
b: 2
"
)
#> $a
#> [1] 1
#>
#> $b
#> [1] 2
Convert R objects to YAML with as.yaml() or write_yaml():
cat(as.yaml(list(a = 1:3, b = 4:6)))
#> a:
#> - 1
#> - 2
#> - 3
#> b:
#> - 4
#> - 5
#> - 6
See vignette("yaml") for more details on handlers, formatting options,
and advanced usage.