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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/lstrip.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/lstrip.rb
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+#
+#  lstrip.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:lstrip, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Strips leading spaces to the left of a string.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "lstrip(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+    klass = value.class
+
+    unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'lstrip(): 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) ? i.lstrip : i }
+    else
+      result = value.lstrip
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :