From: Ilan Berci <coder68@...>
Date: 2008-01-29T05:28:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem loading a YAML file

Keith Carter wrote:
> I'm having issues loading a YAML file. Here is the YAML file (named
> test.yml):
> 
> foo: 5
> bar: some string
> 
> Here is my Ruby:
> 
> C:\noozler\trunk>ruby script/console
> Loading development environment (Rails 2.0.2)
>>> require 'yaml'
> => []
>>> File.exists?("test.yml")
> => true
>>> t = YAML::load("test.yml")
> => "test.yml"
>>> t['bar']
> => nil
>>>
> 
> I would expect t['bar'] to show: "some string".
> 
> Any ideas?

The "t" you are loading is a String.. always check the types for a 
clue.. :)

irb(main):002:0> require 'yaml'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> File.open("test.yml") {|f| YAML::load(f)['bar']}
=> "some string"

hth

ilan


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