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diff --git a/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_float.rb b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_float.rb
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+++ b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_float.rb
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+#
+# is_float.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:is_float, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a float.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    if (arguments.size != 1) then
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_float(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+    end
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+
+    # Only allow Numeric or String types
+    return false unless value.is_a?(Numeric) or value.is_a?(String)
+
+    if value != value.to_f.to_s and !value.is_a? Float then
+      return false
+    else
+      return true
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :