Simple example of using data from a YAML configuration file in a Perl script

Question

I need to create a YAML file to store some configuration data for a Perl script. This seems like it should be really easy but I haven\'t been able to work it out, I think if I h

Answer 1

Try this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;

use YAML qw(LoadFile);

my $settings = LoadFile('test.yaml');
say "The image width is ", $settings->{image_width};

– Michael