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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:delete_undef_values, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns a copy of input hash or array with all undefs deleted.
+
+*Examples:*
+
+    $hash = delete_undef_values({a=>'A', b=>'', c=>undef, d => false})
+
+Would return: {a => 'A', b => '', d => false}
+
+    $array = delete_undef_values(['A','',undef,false])
+
+Would return: ['A','',false]
+
+      EOS
+    ) do |args|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError,
+          "delete_undef_values(): Wrong number of arguments given " +
+          "(#{args.size})") if args.size < 1
+
+    unless args[0].is_a? Array or args[0].is_a? Hash
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError,
+            "delete_undef_values(): expected an array or hash, got #{args[0]} type  #{args[0].class} ")
+    end
+    result = args[0].dup
+    if result.is_a?(Hash)
+      result.delete_if {|key, val| val.equal? :undef}
+    elsif result.is_a?(Array)
+      result.delete :undef
+    end
+    result
+  end
+end