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Tanveer Alam edited this page Dec 7, 2019 · 1 revision

Scalars

Scalars:

String, number, boolean
- Whitespace permitted
Use quotes (single or double) to convert a non-string scalar into a string scalar
- Double quotes permit escape sequences.
```
datacenter:
  cab: "13"
  can_unit: '3'
  cab_name: "Cab 01\n"
  cab_driver_name: Person A
```

Multiline scalars:

Block style(preserves newlines)

donwtime_sch: |
  2018-10-31 - kernel upgrade
  2019-02-02 - security fix

This will keep them in two separate lines.

comments: >
  Experiencing high I/O
  since 2018-10-01.
  Currently investigating.

This will keep them all in single line.