Puppet Function: unique

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

Overview

unique() ⇒ Any

This function will remove duplicates from strings and arrays.

Examples:

unique("aabbcc")

Will return:

abc

You can also use this with arrays:

unique(["a","a","b","b","c","c"])

This returns:

["a","b","c"]

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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

newfunction(:unique, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
This function will remove duplicates from strings and arrays.

*Examples:*

  unique("aabbcc")

Will return:

  abc

You can also use this with arrays:

  unique(["a","a","b","b","c","c"])

This returns:

  ["a","b","c"]
  EOS
) do |arguments|

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

  value = arguments[0]

  unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(String)
    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