In Python, how can you load YAML mappings as OrderedDicts?
I’d like to get PyYAML‘s loader to load mappings (and ordered mappings) into the Python 2.7+ OrderedDict type, instead of the vanilla dict and the list of pairs it currently uses.
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How do I install the yaml package for Python?
I have a Python program that uses YAML. I attempted to install it on a new server using pip install yaml and it returns the following:
Can PyYAML dump dict items in non-alphabetical order?
I’m using yaml.dump to output a dict. It prints out each item in alphabetical order based on the key.
How can I control what scalar form PyYAML uses for my data?
I’ve got an object with a short string attribute, and a long multi-line string attribute. I want to write the short string as a YAML quoted scalar, and the multi-line string as a literal scalar: