Load element as string when it ends with a colon

Question

I have a YAML document where some values end with a colon, something like:

foo:
  - bar
  - baz::

When I load the document with yaml.load, the baz:: element gets converted to a dictionary {'baz:' : ''}. However, I would like to read it as string.

I've tried loading the file with the yaml.BaseLoader, however this did not help. Is there a way to specify that the elements should not be converted to a dict?

Answer 1

Q: "Is there a way to specify that the elements should not be converted to a dict?"

Just quote them.

Whereby for

foo:
  - bar
  - baz::

an output result will become

foo:
  - bar
  - 'baz:': null

for

bar:
  - foo
  - "foz::"

it will stay with

bar:
  - foo
  - 'foz::'

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