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[yaml/en] Use preferred style; add missing uses

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* YAML allows literal tabs in content, but not indentation.
* Two space indent always preferred.
  * Note: YAML dumpers always use 2 space by default.
* '- ...' doesn't need extra indentation.
  * Note: YAML dumpers don't use extra indentation.
* There was no mention of single quoted strings. They are preferred
  and should be used except when double quote semantics are actually
  required. (Best practice).
* Add flow form example for sets: `{a, b, c}`
* Show collapsed form of seq-in-seq: `- - - foo`.
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language: yaml
filename: learnyaml.yaml
contributors:
- ["Adam Brenecki", "https://github.com/adambrenecki"]
- ["Suhas SG", "https://github.com/jargnar"]
- [Adam Brenecki, 'https://github.com/adambrenecki']
- [Suhas SG, 'https://github.com/jargnar']
---
YAML is a data serialisation language designed to be directly writable and
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readable by humans.
It's a strict superset of JSON, with the addition of syntactically
significant newlines and indentation, like Python. Unlike Python, however,
YAML doesn't allow literal tab characters at all.
YAML doesn't allow literal tab characters for indentation.
```yaml
# Comments in YAML look like this.
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null_value: null
key with spaces: value
# Notice that strings don't need to be quoted. However, they can be.
however: "A string, enclosed in quotes."
"Keys can be quoted too.": "Useful if you want to put a ':' in your key."
however: 'A string, enclosed in quotes.'
'Keys can be quoted too.': "Useful if you want to put a ':' in your key."
single quotes: 'have ''one'' escape pattern'
double quotes: "have many: \", \0, \t, \u263A, \x0d\x0a == \r\n, and more."
# Multiple-line strings can be written either as a 'literal block' (using |),
# or a 'folded block' (using '>').
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# COLLECTION TYPES #
####################
# Nesting is achieved by indentation.
# Nesting uses indentation. 2 space indent is preferred (but not required).
a_nested_map:
key: value
another_key: Another Value
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- Real Madrid
: [ 2001-01-01, 2002-02-02 ]
# Sequences (equivalent to lists or arrays) look like this:
# Sequences (equivalent to lists or arrays) look like this
# (note that the '-' counts as indentation):
a_sequence:
- Item 1
- Item 2
- 0.5 # sequences can contain disparate types.
- Item 4
- key: value
- Item 1
- Item 2
- 0.5 # sequences can contain disparate types.
- Item 4
- key: value
another_key: another_value
-
-
- This is a sequence
- inside another sequence
- - - Nested sequence indicators
- can be collapsed
# Since YAML is a superset of JSON, you can also write JSON-style maps and
# sequences:
json_map: {"key": "value"}
json_seq: [3, 2, 1, "takeoff"]
and quotes are optional: {key: [3, 2, 1, takeoff]}
#######################
# EXTRA YAML FEATURES #
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? item1
? item2
? item3
or: {item1, item2, item3}
# Like Python, sets are just maps with null values; the above is equivalent to:
set2: