# # collect_indices.rb # module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:collect_indices, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS EOS ) do |arguments| raise(Puppet::ParseError, "collect_indices(): Wrong number of " + "arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size < 2 array = arguments.shift array_size = array.size if not array.is_a?(Array) raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): Requires an array ' + 'to work with') end indices = *arguments # Get them all ... Pokemon ... if not indices or indices.empty? raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): You must provide ' + 'indices to collect') end indices_list = [] indices.each do |i| if m = i.match(/^(\d+)\-(\d+)$/) start = m[1].to_i stop = m[2].to_i if start > stop raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): Stop index in ' + 'given indices range is smaller than the start index') elsif stop > array_size - 1 # First element is at index 0 is it not? raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): Stop index in ' + 'given indices range exceeds array size') end (start .. stop).each { |i| indices_list << i.to_i } else # Only positive numbers allowed in this case ... if not i.match(/^\d+$/) raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): Unknown format ' + 'of given index') end # In Puppet numbers are often string-encoded ... i = i.to_i if i > array_size - 1 # Same story. First element is at index 0 ... raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'collect_indices(): Given index ' + 'exceeds array size') end indices_list << i end end array = indices_list.collect { |i| array[i] }.compact return array end end # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :