I have a multiline yaml string that I’d like to use in a program. The problem is that it contains do...

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[Uzi Landsmann]

I have a multiline yaml string that I’d like to use in a program. The problem is that it contains dollar signs and quotes, which if I understand correctly cannot be escaped in a multiline string. Is my only option to concatenate many single line strings? Or is there another way?

[karelpeeters]

You mean something like this? https://pl.kotl.in/SyzLHBJXV

[karelpeeters]

You don't even need to escape them.

[Uzi Landsmann]

Unfortunately they look like like this:
“”"
“${somthing}”
“”"

[Alowaniak]

If there's valid identifier characters right after the dollar sign it'll say it's an unresolved reference though, in that case you could do ${'$'}foo

[Uzi Landsmann]

No it’s not 😞 it’s identifiers for the other system that receives that string

[Uzi Landsmann]

sort of a template

[Alowaniak]

yea so you could do

"""
“${'$'}{somthing}”
"""

[Uzi Landsmann]

Ok thanks, I’ll try it out

[karelpeeters]

Wow that is surprising behavior.

[Uzi Landsmann]

Thanks! It worked. But the way Intellij pastes the yaml is really strange. It adds the {'$'} in the wrong place and omits them where needed. But I guess it’s a question for another channel. Thanks again!