Question

I looked through the YAML for ruby documentation and couldn’t find an answer.

I have a list of several employees. Each has a name, phone, and email as such:

Employees:
    Name | Phone | Email
    john   111     [e-mail]
    joe    123     [e-mail]
    joan   321     [e-mail]

How would I write the above information in YAML to end up with the following ruby output?

employees = [ {:name => 'john', :phone => '111', :email => '[e-mail]'}, {:name => 'joe', :phone => '123', :email => '[e-mail]'}, {:name => 'joan', :phone => '321', :email => '[e-mail]'} ]

This is how I parse the YAML file:

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/config.yml")

Thank you!

Answer 1

- name: john
  phone: 111
  email: [e-mail]
- name: joe
  phone: 123
  email: [e-mail]
- name: joan
  phone: 321
  email: [e-mail]

Output is string keys, not symbol keys, but you can make that conversion yourself if really necessary.