# `kumo.serde.yaml_parse(STRING)`

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Parses STRING as YAML, returning a lua representation of the parsed YAML.

This is logically the opposite of [kumo.serde.yaml_encode](yaml_encode.md).

See also [kumo.serde.yaml_load](yaml_load.md) and
[kumo.serde.yaml_encode](yaml_encode.md)