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JSON to YAML

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Summary

The JSON to YAML converter converts JSON objects and arrays into YAML text using the indentation as a structural marker. JSON is more compact with curly braces and quotes, while YAML is more readable for configuration files. The converter maps the object into a mapping, arrays into a minus-marked list, and maintains a boolean value or a fixed number. Since JSON has no comments, YAML results also do not carry any comments.

Key points

JSON object to YAML mapping with key pairs: value
JSON arrays to list YAML that begin with minus
YAML's index should be consistent and not use a tab.
Value string with special characters may need to be quoted
Comments don't follow because JSON doesn't support comments

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