Puppet Function: chop

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

Overview

chop() ⇒ Any

Returns a new string with the last character removed. If the string ends with ‘rn`, both characters are removed. Applying chop to an empty string returns an empty string. If you wish to merely remove record separators then you should use the `chomp` function. Requires a string or array of strings as input.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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

newfunction(:chop, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
  Returns a new string with the last character removed. If the string ends
  with `\r\n`, both characters are removed. Applying chop to an empty
  string returns an empty string. If you wish to merely remove record
  separators then you should use the `chomp` function.
  Requires a string or array of strings as input.
  DOC
           ) do |arguments|

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

  value = arguments[0]

  unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(String)
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'chop(): Requires either an array or string to work with')
  end

  result = if value.is_a?(Array)
             # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
             value.map { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? i.chop : i }
           else
             value.chop
           end

  return result
end