quarto error when trying to render a simple .qmd file?

[zeltak]

hi all

im trying to convert my rmd files to Quarto but im getting that seems arbitrary errors when I try to render, ie

---
title: "An Introduction to data science"
format: revealjs
---



---
# How is the project is constructed

1.  Intro

2.  Literature review

3.  Hypothesis

4.  Methods: which tools did you use and how you used them (more on this in a bit)

5.  Main results

6.  Conclusions

<img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/06o9rixg2r5ocvz/ppic155.jpeg?raw=1" alt="" style="zoom:33%;" />

---
# Intro

Present the research topic and research hypothesis

---
# Literature review

at least 5-6 papers you will summarize relating to your project

when rendering I get an error from the example file above

RROR: YAMLError: end of the stream or a document separator is expected at line 10, column 12:
    4.  Methods: which tools did you use and ho ... 
               ^

any clue what im doing wrong here?

[jjallaire]

The use of --- is making Quarto interpret the code between the --- markers as YAML. Try adding a space after the first --- or switching to use *** for horizontal rules.

[zeltak]

Thank you so much @jjallaire ! you really saved me there :D !!

Z