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yaml_decode
The yaml_decode function decodes a string representing YAML into an Alloy
value. yaml_decode fails if the string argument provided cannot be parsed as
YAML.
A common use case of yaml_decode is to decode the output of a
local.file component to an Alloy value.
Note
Remember to escape double quotes when passing YAML string literals to
yaml_decode.For example, the YAML value
key: "value"is properly represented by the string"key: \"value\"".
Examples
> yaml_decode("15")
15
> yaml_decode("[1, 2, 3]")
[1, 2, 3]
> yaml_decode("null")
null
> yaml_decode("key: value")
{
key = "value",
}
> yaml_decode(local.file.some_file.content)
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