class Psych::Nodes::Scalar - psych-2.0.6 Documentation

# class Psych::Nodes::Scalar

This class represents a YAML Scalar.

This node type is a terminal node and should not have any children.

### Constants

ANY

  Any style scalar, the emitter chooses

DOUBLE_QUOTED

  Double quoted style

FOLDED

  Folded style

LITERAL

  Literal style

PLAIN

  Plain scalar style

SINGLE_QUOTED

  Single quoted style

### Attributes

anchor[RW]

The anchor value (if there is one)

plain[RW]

Is this a plain scalar?

quoted[RW]

Is this scalar quoted?

style[RW]

The style of this scalar

tag[RW]

The tag value (if there is one)

value[RW]

The scalar value

### Public Class Methods

new(value, anchor = nil, tag = nil, plain = true, quoted = false, style = ANY) click to toggle source

Create a new Psych::Nodes::Scalar object.

`value` is the string value of the scalar `anchor` is an associated anchor or nil `tag` is an associated tag or nil `plain` is a boolean value `quoted` is a boolean value `style` is an integer idicating the string style

## See Also¶ ↑

See also Psych::Handler#scalar

    # File lib/psych/nodes/scalar.rb, line 57
    def initialize value, anchor = nil, tag = nil, plain = true, quoted = false, style = ANY
      @value  = value
      @anchor = anchor
      @tag    = tag
      @plain  = plain
      @quoted = quoted
      @style  = style
    end