# # size.rb # module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:size, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS Returns the number of elements in a string, an array or a hash EOS ) do |arguments| raise(Puppet::ParseError, "size(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1 item = arguments[0] function_deprecation([:size, 'This method is going to be deprecated, please use the stdlib length function.']) if item.is_a?(String) begin # # Check whether your item is a numeric value or not ... # This will take care about positive and/or negative numbers # for both integer and floating-point values ... # # Please note that Puppet has no notion of hexadecimal # nor octal numbers for its DSL at this point in time ... # Float(item) raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'size(): Requires either string, array or hash to work with') rescue ArgumentError result = item.size end elsif item.is_a?(Array) || item.is_a?(Hash) result = item.size else raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'size(): Unknown type given') end return result end end # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :