output=name

The ParseFile(source) command reads YAML data from the file or URL source.

If source is a file, it is closed after it is read.

$\mathrm{address}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/address.yaml''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{YAML}:-\mathrm{ParseFile}\left(\mathrm{address}\right)$

$table\left(\left[''companyName''=''Maplesoft''\,''address''=table\left(\left[''streetAddress''=''615\; Kumpf\; Drive''\,''province''=''ON''\,''postalCode''=''N2V\; 1K8''\,''city''=''Waterloo''\,''country''=''Canada''\right]\right)\,''founded''=1988\,''phoneNumbers''=\left[table\left(\left[''type''=''local''\,''number''=''+1\; (519)\; 747-2373''\right]\right)\,table\left(\left[''type''=''toll-free''\,''number''=''+1\; (800)\; 267-6583''\right]\right)\,table\left(\left[''type''=''fax''\,''number''=''+1\; (519)\; 747-5284''\right]\right)\right]\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{YAML}:-\mathrm{ParseFile}\left(\mathrm{address}\,\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{record}\right)$

${\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{companyName}=''Maplesoft''\,\mathrm{address}={\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,\mathrm{founded}=1988\,\mathrm{phoneNumbers}=\left[{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\,{\mathrm{Record}}_{\mathrm{packed}}\left(\mathrm{...}\right)\right]\right)$

The YAML[ParseFile] command was introduced in Maple 2017.

For more information on Maple 2017 changes, see Updates in Maple 2017.