Puppet::Parser::Functions::newfunction(
  :fqdn_rand_string,
  :arity => -2,
  :type => :rvalue,
  :doc => "Usage: `fqdn_rand_string(LENGTH, [CHARSET], [SEED])`. LENGTH is
  required and must be a positive integer. CHARSET is optional and may be
  `undef` or a string. SEED is optional and may be any number or string.

  Generates a random string LENGTH characters long using the character set
  provided by CHARSET, combining the `$fqdn` fact and the value of SEED for
  repeatable randomness. (That is, each node will get a different random
  string from this function, but a given node's result will be the same every
  time unless its hostname changes.) Adding a SEED can be useful if you need
  more than one unrelated string. CHARSET will default to alphanumeric if
  `undef` or an empty string.") do |args|
    raise(ArgumentError, "fqdn_rand_string(): wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)") if args.size == 0
    Puppet::Parser::Functions.function('is_integer')
    raise(ArgumentError, "fqdn_rand_string(): first argument must be a positive integer") unless function_is_integer([args[0]]) and args[0].to_i > 0
    raise(ArgumentError, "fqdn_rand_string(): second argument must be undef or a string") unless args[1].nil? or args[1].is_a? String

    Puppet::Parser::Functions.function('fqdn_rand')

    length = args.shift.to_i
    charset = args.shift.to_s.chars.to_a

    charset = (0..9).map { |i| i.to_s } + ('A'..'Z').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a if charset.empty?

    rand_string = ''
    for current in 1..length
      rand_string << charset[function_fqdn_rand([charset.size, (args + [current.to_s]).join(':')]).to_i]
    end

    rand_string
end