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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

# Scalar Types #################################################################
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# http://yaml.org/type/bool.html ----------------------------------------------#

bool:
  canonical: y
  answer:    NO
  logical:   True
  option:    on

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

float:
  canonical:         6.8523015e+5
  exponentioal:      685.230_15e+03
  fixed:             685_230.15
  sexagesimal:       190:20:30.15
  negative infinity: -.inf
  not a number:      .NaN

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

int:
  canonical:   685230
  decimal:     +685_230
  octal:       02472256
  hexadecimal: 0x_0A_74_AE
  binary:      0b1010_0111_0100_1010_1110
  sexagesimal: 190:20:30

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

merge:
  - &CENTER { x: 1, y: 2 }
  - &LEFT   { x: 0, y: 2 }
  - &BIG    { r: 10 }
  - &SMALL  { r: 1 }

# All the following maps are equal:

- # Explicit keys
    x: 1
    y: 2
    r: 10
    label: nothing

- # Merge one map
    << : *CENTER
    r: 10
    label: center

- # Merge multiple maps
    << : [ *CENTER, *BIG ]
    label: center/big

- # Override
    << : [ *BIG, *LEFT, *SMALL ]
    x: 1
    label: big/left/small

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

'null':
  # This mapping has four keys,
  # one has a value.
  empty:
  canonical: ~
  english:   null
  '~':       null key # not really, because yaml-js will not use object keys
  # This sequence has five
  # entries, two have values.
  sparse:
    - ~
    - 2nd entry
    -
    - 4th entry
    - Null

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

string: abcd

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

timestamp:
  canonical:        2001-12-15T02:59:43.1Z
  valid iso8601:    2001-12-14t21:59:43.10-05:00
  space separated:  2001-12-14 21:59:43.10 -5
  no time zone (Z): 2001-12-15 2:59:43.10
  date (00:00:00Z): 2002-12-14

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