Puppet Function: empty

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

Summary

**Deprecated:** Returns true if the variable is empty.

Overview

empty() ⇒ Any

> Note: *Deprecated* from Puppet 5.5.0, the built-in [`empty`](puppet.com/docs/puppet/6.4/function.html#empty) function will be used instead.

Returns:

  • (Any) —

    Returns `true` if the argument is an array or hash that contains no elements, or an empty string. Returns `false` when the argument is a numerical value.



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# File 'vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/empty.rb', line 7

newfunction(:empty, type: :rvalue, doc: <<-DOC
  @summary
    **Deprecated:** Returns true if the variable is empty.

  @return
    Returns `true` if the argument is an array or hash that contains no elements,
    or an empty string. Returns `false` when the argument is a numerical value.

  > *Note*: **Deprecated** from Puppet 5.5.0, the built-in
  [`empty`](https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/6.4/function.html#empty) function will be used instead.
DOC
) do |arguments|
  raise(Puppet::ParseError, "empty(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.empty?
  value = arguments[0]

  unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash) || value.is_a?(String) || value.is_a?(Numeric)
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'empty(): Requires either array, hash, string or integer to work with')
  end

  return false if value.is_a?(Numeric)
  result = value.empty?
  return result
end