Adding '#' characters to multiline text?

[egoodwintx]

Hi all,

Since the # character is a comment in YAML, how would I include a # character in multiline snippets? For example, if I had a C language snippet like:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

How would I get espanso to process this correctly?

[smeech]

I think this works:

  - trigger: :std
    replace: |
      #include <stdio.h>
      #include <stdlib.h>

or

  - trigger: :std
    replace: "#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>"

unless I have misunderstood your question?

See https://yaml-multiline.info/.

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[egoodwintx]

That works! The issue was that I had a blank space in my replace snippet, so the multiline was breaking. I thought it was the # sign because of the comment. Thanks!