Equals
This is a boolean operator that will return
true
if the LHS is equal to the RHS and false
otherwise..a == .b
It is most often used with the select operator to find particular nodes:
select(.a == .b)
The not equals
!=
operator returns false
if the LHS is equal to the RHS.Given a sample.yml file of:
- cat
- goat
- dog
then
yq '.[] | (. == "*at")' sample.yml
will output
true
true
false
Given a sample.yml file of:
- cat
- goat
- dog
then
yq '.[] | (. != "*at")' sample.yml
will output
false
false
true
Given a sample.yml file of:
- 3
- 4
- 5
then
yq '.[] | (. == 4)' sample.yml
will output
false
true
false
Given a sample.yml file of:
- 3
- 4
- 5
then
yq '.[] | (. != 4)' sample.yml
will output
true
false
true
Running
yq --null-input 'null == ~'
will output
true
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: frog
then
yq 'select(.b != "thing")' sample.yml
will output
a: frog
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: frog
then
yq 'select(.b == .c)' sample.yml
will output
a: frog
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