As an example, if you have a yml file like this one, that I'll call demo.yml
%YAML:1.0
Variable1: !!opencv-matrix
rows: 4
cols: 5
dt: f
data: [ -1.60522782e-03, -5.93489595e-03, 2.92204670e-03,
1.14785777e-02, -1.57432575e-02, -2.17529312e-02, 4.05947529e-02,
6.56594411e-02, 1.24527821e-02, 3.19751091e-02, 5.41692637e-02,
4.04683389e-02, 2.59191263e-03, 1.15112308e-03, 1.11024221e-02,
4.03668173e-03, -3.19138430e-02, -9.40114353e-03, 4.93452176e-02,
5.73473945e-02 ]
Variable2: !!opencv-matrix
rows: 7
cols: 2
dt: f
data: [ -2.17529312e-02, 4.05947529e-02, 5.73473945e-02,
6.56594411e-02, 1.24527821e-02, 3.19751091e-02, 5.41692637e-02,
4.03668173e-03, -3.19138430e-02, -9.40114353e-03, 4.93452176e-02,
4.04683389e-02, 2.59191263e-03, 1.15112308e-03 ]
Then, you can use OpenCV FileStorage class to load the variables contained on this demo.yml file as:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cv.h>
#include <highgui.h>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
int main (int argc, char * const argv[])
{
Mat var1;
Mat var2;
string demoFile = "demo.yml";
FileStorage fsDemo( demoFile, FileStorage::READ);
fsDemo["Variable1"] >> var1;
fsDemo["Variable2"] >> var2;
cout << "Print the contents of var1:" << endl;
cout << var1 << endl << endl;
cout << "Print the contents of var2:" << endl;
cout << var2 << endl;
fsDemo.release();
return 0;
}