Puppet Function: is_float

Defined in:
puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_float.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

is_float() ⇒ Any

Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a float.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_float.rb', line 6

newfunction(:is_float, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a float.
  EOS
) do |arguments|

  function_deprecation([:is_float, 'This method is deprecated, please use the stdlib validate_legacy function, with Stdlib::Compat::Float. There is further documentation for validate_legacy function in the README.'])

  if (arguments.size != 1) then
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_float(): Wrong number of arguments "+
      "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
  end

  value = arguments[0]

  # Only allow Numeric or String types
  return false unless value.is_a?(Numeric) or value.is_a?(String)

  if value != value.to_f.to_s and !value.is_a? Float then
    return false
  else
    return true
  end

end