# # dig44.rb # module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction( :dig44, :type => :rvalue, :arity => -2, :doc => <<-eos DEPRECATED: This function has been replaced in puppet 4.5.0. Looks up into a complex structure of arrays and hashes and returns a value or the default value if nothing was found. Key can contain slashes to describe path components. The function will go down the structure and try to extract the required value. $data = { 'a' => { 'b' => [ 'b1', 'b2', 'b3', ] } } $value = dig44($data, ['a', 'b', '2'], 'not_found') => $value = 'b3' a -> first hash key b -> second hash key 2 -> array index starting with 0 not_found -> (optional) will be returned if there is no value or the path did not match. Defaults to nil. In addition to the required "key" argument, the function accepts a default argument. It will be returned if no value was found or a path component is missing. And the fourth argument can set a variable path separator. eos ) do |arguments| # Two arguments are required raise(Puppet::ParseError, "dig44(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for at least 2)") if arguments.size < 2 data, path, default = *arguments unless data.is_a?(Hash) or data.is_a?(Array) raise(Puppet::ParseError, "dig44(): first argument must be a hash or an array, given #{data.class.name}") end unless path.is_a? Array raise(Puppet::ParseError, "dig44(): second argument must be an array, given #{path.class.name}") end value = path.reduce(data) do |structure, key| if structure.is_a? Hash or structure.is_a? Array if structure.is_a? Array key = Integer key rescue break end break if structure[key].nil? or structure[key] == :undef structure[key] else break end end value.nil? ? default : value end end