O Wise Ones, I've always though YAML was cool. But today I tried to actually use it for a quickie, and I realized it's not quite so easy. I'm looking for some documentation that can get me started real quick, with cut-and-pasteable practical examples. Please help me get past this kind of nonsense: 
--- !perl/YAML::Error
code: YAML_PARSE_ERR_NO_SEPARATOR
msg: Expected separator '---'
line: 4
document: 2
...
 at test.pl line 20

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At the main YAML site, I've seen the spec, the reference card, the Get Started, the faq. I've seen the module documentation. I've seen this nice article presenting YAML. I've searched this site. But it's all too advanced or too allusive for what I need.

In reply to YAML newbie help by Tortue

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