From 2c8450d830453e452b819bfb05678768336c3031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrik Lindberg Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:22:09 +0100 Subject: (PUP-1195) Rephrase documentation for is_integer and is_numeric The documentation contained references to future decisions about functionality. Text rephrased for clarity. --- lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb') diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb index f2417f3..e7e1d2a 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb @@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:is_numeric, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS -Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a number. +Returns true if the given argument is a Numeric (Integer or Float), +or a String containing either a valid integer in decimal base 10 form, or +a valid floating point string representation. -The function recognizes only integer and float but not hex or octal -numbers (for now) until a decision is made how to handle these types. +The function recognizes only decimal (base 10) integers and float but not +integers in hex (base 16) or octal (base 8) form. -The parameter can be in the native format or given as string representation -of a number. +The string representation may start with a '-' (minus). If a decimal '.' is used, +it must be followed by at least one digit. Valid examples: -- cgit v1.2.3