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Reading and Writing Configuration Files
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require 'yaml'
configuration = { 'color' => 'blue',
                  'font' => 'Septimus',
                  'font-size'  => 7 }
open('text.cfg', 'w') { |f| YAML.dump(configuration, f) }
open('text.cfg') { |f| puts f.read }
 
---
font-size: 7
color: blue
font: Septimus
 
--- 
font-size: 7
color: blue
font: Septimus
 
open('text.cfg') { |f| YAML.load(f) }
 {"font-size"=>7, "color"=>"blue", "font"=>"Septimus"} {"font-size"=>7, "color"=>"blue", "font"=>"Septimus"} 
configuration = [ { 'name' => 'Alice', 'donation' => 50 },
                  { 'name' => 'Bob', 'donation' => 15, 'currency' => "EUR" } ]
open('donors.cfg', 'w') { |f| YAML.dump(configuration, f) }
open('donors.cfg') { |f| puts f.read }
 
---
- name: Alice
donation: 50
- name: Bob
donation: 15
currency: EUR
 
--- 
- name: Alice
  donation: 50
- name: Bob
  donation: 15
  currency: EUR
 
puts ({ 'measurements' => 'metric' }.to_yaml)
 
---
measurements: metric
 
--- 
measurements: metric
 
puts ({ :measurements => :metric }.to_yaml)
 
---
:measurements: :metric
 
--- 
:measurements: :metric