implements to replacements value in the structured data

kyaml/yaml/fns.go

@@ -830,6 +830,10 @@ func (e *InvalidNodeKindError) Error() string {
 	return msg
 }
 
+func (e *InvalidNodeKindError) Unwrap() error {
+	return errors.Errorf("InvalidNodeKindError")
+}
+
 func (e *InvalidNodeKindError) ActualNodeKind() Kind {
 	return e.node.YNode().Kind
 }

kyaml/yaml/match.go

@@ -137,10 +137,20 @@ func (p *PathMatcher) visitEveryElem(elem *RNode) error {
 func (p *PathMatcher) doField(rn *RNode) (*RNode, error) {
 	// lookup the field
 	field, err := rn.Pipe(Get(p.Path[0]))
-	if err != nil || (!IsCreate(p.Create) && field == nil) {
+	if err != nil {
+		// check error is an invalid kind error
+		invalidKindErr := &InvalidNodeKindError{}
+		if errors.As(err, &invalidKindErr) {
+			// if the field is valid json or yaml, continue to lookup the next part of the path
+			fmt.Print("-----------------------------\nOUTPUT: ", err)
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if !IsCreate(p.Create) && field == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	if IsCreate(p.Create) && field == nil {
 		var nextPart string
 		if len(p.Path) > 1 {