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#
# unique.rb
#

module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:unique, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
    EOS
  ) do |arguments|

    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "unique(): Wrong number of arguments " +
      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1

    value = arguments[0]
    klass = value.class

    unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'unique(): Requires either ' +
        'array or string to work with')
    end

    result = value.clone

    string = value.is_a?(String) ? true : false

    # We turn any string value into an array to be able to shuffle ...
    result = string ? result.split('') : result
    result = result.uniq # Remove duplicates ...
    result = string ? result.join : result

    return result
  end
end

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