Puppet Function: bool2num

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/bool2num.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

bool2num() ⇒ Any

Converts a boolean to a number. Converts the values:

false, f, 0, n, and no to 0
true, t, 1, y, and yes to 1

Requires a single boolean or string as an input.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/bool2num.rb', line 5

newfunction(:bool2num, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
  Converts a boolean to a number. Converts the values:
    false, f, 0, n, and no to 0
    true, t, 1, y, and yes to 1
  Requires a single boolean or string as an input.
  DOC
           ) do |arguments|

  raise(Puppet::ParseError, "bool2num(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.empty?

  value = function_str2bool([arguments[0]])

  # We have real boolean values as well ...
  result = value ? 1 : 0

  return result
end