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+#
+#  uriescape.rb
+#
+require 'uri'
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:uriescape, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+    Urlencodes a string or array of strings.
+    Requires either a single string or an array as an input.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "uriescape(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+
+    unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(String)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'uriescape(): Requires either ' +
+        'array or string to work with')
+    end
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array)
+      # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
+      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i,unsafe) : i }
+    else
+      result = URI.escape(value)
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :