用于解析YML文件的Python库-问题

Question

I start using yaml python parser ( import yaml ) but found one issue with values in YML file. Example minimal YML that works good (YML file can be parsed into Python Dictionary):

examplePart:
  schedule: 5 * * * *

Very similar example YML that trows error:

examplePart:
  schedule: * * * * *

Error: expected alphabetic or numeric character, but found ' '

Is there a way to fix this issue or are there other Python YML parsers that are better for parsing YML files into Python dictionaries?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The issue is * is a special character in YAML (see the docs here ). If you want a string of just asterisks, you need to escape it with quotes, either single or double quotes.

So your YAML becomes:

examplePart:
     schedule: '* * * * *'

Tested using Online YAML Parser