YAML Parser

[nanocyte]

I just got a YAML file I have to parse. Before I "roll my own" Does anyone have a parser?

[JÞB]

JSON may be a valid YAML parsing thingamjijjy. 

[nanocyte]

Can you explain? YAML looks nothing like JSON. How might I use a JSON parser to read in a YAML doc?

[JÞB]

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@nanocyte wrote:

Can you explain? YAML looks nothing like JSON. How might I use a JSON parser to read in a YAML doc?

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How do they look?  Does it effect how you show them or what the data is?

We cannot tell unless you show a data file or attempt to use one in LabVIEW code you show.  So, you want "Specific "answers?  Geneneral information won't work. 

[santo_13]

Googling "LabVIEW YAML" resulted in this being the first link - https://www.vipm.io/package/nicolas_bats_lib_yaml_parser/

[nanocyte]

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How do they look? 

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Using examples from wikipedia. YAML looks like this:

--- # Sequencer protocols for Laser eye surgery
- step:  &id001                  # defines anchor label &id001
    instrument:      Lasik 2000
    pulseEnergy:     5.4
    pulseDuration:   12
    repetition:      1000
    spotSize:        1mm

- step: &id002
    instrument:      Lasik 2000
    pulseEnergy:     5.0
    pulseDuration:   10
    repetition:      500
    spotSize:        2mm
- step: *id001                   # refers to the first step (with anchor &id001)
- step: *id002                   # refers to the second step
- step: *id002

And JSON looks like this

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "isAlive": true,
  "age": 27,
  "address": {
    "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "postalCode": "10021-3100"
  },
  "phoneNumbers": [
    {
      "type": "home",
      "number": "212 555-1234"
    },
    {
      "type": "office",
      "number": "646 555-4567"
    }
  ],
  "children": [
      "Catherine",
      "Thomas",
      "Trevor"
  ],
  "spouse": null
}

Note all the curly brackets in the JSON and the dashes in the YAML

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Does it effect how you show them or what the data is?

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I don't understand this question. I'm not trying to "show them" I'm just trying to get values from a string. For the example above, I might want to output an array of a cluster of "pulseEnergy" (a dbl) and "pulseDuration" (an int). I think this is what people commonly mean when they try to parse a file.