How can I parse a YAML file in Python

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Nov 21, 2018 in Python by Anirudh
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Read & Write YAML files with Python 2+3 (and unicode)

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import yaml
import io

# Define data
data = {'a list': [1, 42, 3.141, 1337, 'help', u'€'],
        'a string': 'bla',
        'another dict': {'foo': 'bar',
                         'key': 'value',
                         'the answer': 42}}

# Write YAML file
with io.open('data.yaml', 'w', encoding='utf8') as outfile:
    yaml.dump(data, outfile, default_flow_style=False, allow_unicode=True)

# Read YAML file
with open("data.yaml", 'r') as stream:
    data_loaded = yaml.load(stream)

print(data == data_loaded)

Created YAML file

a list:
- 1
- 42
- 3.141
- 1337
- help
- 
a string: bla
another dict:
  foo: bar
  key: value
  the answer: 42
answered Nov 21, 2018 by Nymeria
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