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+++ b/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/strip.rb	Sat Aug 16 19:47:38 2014 +0000
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+#
+#  strip.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:strip, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+This function removes leading and trailing whitespace from a string or from
+every string inside an array.
+
+*Examples:*
+
+    strip("    aaa   ")
+
+Would result in: "aaa"
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "strip(): 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, 'strip(): Requires either ' +
+        'array or string to work with')
+    end
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array)
+      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? i.strip : i }
+    else
+      result = value.strip
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :